RemodelOrMove.com In the News

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The buzz on RemodelOrMove.com is rapidly building all over the country. The press has been saying some fantastic things about us and the Remodel or Move calculator. When you're done reading what the others have to say, try out the Remodel or Move Calculator for yourself.

In the Press

2006

U.S. News & World Report
12/03/2006
"...Of course, there's another possibility for those trying to figure out how to get the most house for their money. "You can move," says Dan Fritschen, whose family's travails in deciding whether to remodel prompted him to create a sophisticated online calculator to weigh the competing options: remodelormove.com."
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Los Angeles Times
3/26/2006
"Beware of contractors asking for deposits. California law restricts deposits to $1,000 or 10% of the cost of the job, whichever is less. Avoid contractors who ask for more, said Dan Fritschen, author of "Remodel or Move: Make the Right Decision" and founder of Remodelormove.com."
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USA TODAY
1/6/2006
"For a time, anyone willing to stomach the "improve and move" roller coaster could make out like, well, a real estate agent.

Then home prices rocketed off into no-man's land, leaving many stranded in transitional town houses or two-bedroom ranches while the market gradually returns to earth."
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2005

New York Post
"Whether you're a buyer or a remodeler (or just an armchair real-estate fan) there's something for you in this spring's crop of real-estate books. Here are five of our favorites…Remodel or Move? Make the Right Decision by Dan Fritschen"

Spokane.net
"The site's free digital analysis offers 40 questions to determine your best financial-based decision by calculating the cost of a remodeling project and comparing it with the projected cost to move. It also taps your emotions asking questions about how you feel about your neighborhood, your home and the remodeling process."

Marketside.com
"The site is a clearinghouse of practical information. Fritschen and company offer twenty or so articles on various aspects of moving and remodeling: good reasons to move, good reasons to remodel, the advisability of various projects based on length of time you plan to stay in your home, etc"

Newsweek
"Happily, good online calculators can help with all this high finance. To figure out whether to stay or go, visit remodelormove.com. (Hint: if you like your neighbors and schools and can live with the dust, remodeling is often cheaper.)"

Rocky Mountain News
"His Web-site calculator gives homeowners different ways to understand the risks. Blanks allow them to enter some basic numbers, such as the value of their home and anticipated costs of a remodel or a new home."

San Diego Union Tribune
To move or remodel: That's the question facing many homeowners
"RemodelOrMove.com offers free advice on the pros and cons of remodeling and moving and includes an online calculator to determine which option makes the most financial sense."
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Los Gatos Weekly Times
Website Helps Owners Decide: Move On or Fix It?
"More like an artificial intelligence machine than a calculator, it also taps your emotions by asking questions about how you feel about your neighborhood, your home and the remodeling process."
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2004

Philadelphia Enquirer: "intriguing calculator"

San Jose Mercury News: "program offers a good start…"

San Francisco Chronicle: "Take a look at a website called remodelormove.com."

The Record, Herald News and Billings Gazette: "good tips on finding pros to do the remodeling."

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "There's even a remodel-or-move calculator that measures estimated costs for either decision and figures in your 'gut feeling' with a series of questions."