Want to see what kind of house $300k will buy in Finland, Greece, Dominican Republic, Russia, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, USA, Turkey, France, Croatia, and Indonesia (above)? Check out the photos below:
What kind of house $300,000 can buy around the world
Shipping container homes deemed bad
Do shipping containers make good homes? They're hard to cut, hard to insulate, have little structural strength, and generally end up using framing lumber and other traditional materials to make the dark and cramped interior livable. They are, in effect, a trendy cladding material that you build a real home inside. Sixth issue: the idea… READ THE REST
The government in Barcelona is seizing empty apartments from landlords who won't rent them out
The Bloomberg CityLab reports: Barcelona is deploying a new weapon in its quest to increase the city's available rental housing: the power to force the sale of empty properties. This week, the city's housing department wrote to 14 companies that collectively own 194 empty apartments, warning that if they haven't found a tenant within the next month, the city could take… READ THE REST
This "beautiful" New York home is $800,000… just don't look inside
Here's the listing in Flushing, New York. As the saying goes, bring your contractor! (Rossmann Repair Group) READ THE REST
Want to learn to code? These 12 learning bundles will teach you everything you need to know
If you want to learn to code, but don't know where to begin…welcome to programming. Seriously, there are dozens of different avenues for understanding how to use everything from Java and Python to C++, Ruby on Rails, and more. Each programming discipline or tool also comes with its own set of strengths and weaknesses that… READ THE REST
Markup Pro makes it simple to find and share what you want off the web
Gathering notes off various web pages across the web feels like it should be a simple process. Just scoot through your assorted pages, copy the text, graphics, images, and other elements that you want, paste them into your notes and you're all set. Of course, anybody who's ever actually tried to take notes online is… READ THE REST
This espresso press can turn out a brilliantly powerful brew in minutes and it's less than $50
If you're a coffee-lover, specifically, a lover of espresso, then you already know that picking up an espresso machine is not cheap. Those machines pressurize boiling water, then fire it at finely ground coffee beans for a richer, more caffeine-fueled result than your normal drip-brewed coffee. That specialization is why many won't pay for a… READ THE REST