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Unlike the weather, the real estate market hasn't been as hot as usual this June, with the typical home selling for 0.3% below its asking price, according to new data from Redfin . While it's a welcome shift for homebuyers, those getting ready to put their home on the market now face a harder sell. At the same time, you may have heard about homes in your area that sold for over the asking price, following a bidding war involving multiple parties, and wondered what they're doing right. As it turns out, there are several tactics sellers can use to improve their chances of having similar results. Here are a few realtor-approved methods for sparking a bidding war. How to trigger a bidding war when selling your home In theory, all you need for a bidding war is at least two people who fall in love with a home and have the money to offer more than the asking price. You could hope that you get lucky and it happens organically, but according to Dana Hall-Bradley, a realtor with Be

You can get this refurbished iPad 7th Gen with Beats Flex wireless headphones and accessories on sale for $199.97 right now (reg. $299.99) through July 21. The iPad has a 10.2-inch Retina display, 32GB of storage, 8MP rear and 1.2MP front cameras, up to ten hours of battery life, and updates to the latest iPadOS. It's in grade "A" condition, meaning it has only light wear, no scratches on its screen, and minimum 80% battery health. The Beats Flex headphones are open-box items—excess store inventory or customer returns—verified to be in new condition. They have dual-chamber acoustic sound and up to 12 hours of listening time on a single charge. It also includes an iPad case (color varies), screen protector, stylus (color varies), and a charging block and cable. You can get this refurbished iPad 7th Gen bundle on sale for $199.97 right now (reg. $299.99) through July 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT, though prices can change at any time. * This article was originally published here

Amazon's early Prime Day deals are here, with deals on school supplies , TVs , Blink security cameras , and more leading up to Prime Day on July 16. Yet another deal has arrived, this time on an Eero router, which can help your wifi reach every area in your home. Amazon has a single router that expands your wifi up to 1,500 square feet for $39.99 (originally $69.99) or a three-pack that expands it to 4,500 sq. ft. for $99.99 (originally $214.96). One router expands your wifi to 1,500 sq. ft. with mesh wifi. Amazon eero mesh WiFi router $69.99 at Amazon

Depending on where you live, the summer months might mean lazy afternoons and cookouts by the pool, or cowering in dark rooms with the air conditioning cranked up. Air conditioning is great, of course, but sun exposure plays a huge factor in your home’s overall temperature. You can’t easily move your house to a shadier spot, but you can take some steps to sun-proof your home. Here are five options to consider. Repaint in a color that reflects the sun's rays The color of your house can have a big impact on the ambient temperature inside. White paint has been shown to be very effective in reflecting the sun’s rays—and just about any white paint will do it (it reflects about 80% of visible light , though it will still absorb the non-visible radiation that warms up surfaces). White paint so effective that science went to the effort of inventing the whitest paint possible in the hopes it could have a dramatic impact on cooling down our houses. And while white paint will be most eff

Tired of popups constantly asking you to enable cookies or pop-ups asking you to sign up for a newsletter ? A free and open source extension for Safari called Hush means you'll never see them, along with nags for things like enabling notifications. It's the kind of thing you install and then forget about until you use someone else's computer or phone, then wonder how anyone lives without it. Hush isn't an ad blocker, though it does use the same Safari features utilized by ad blockers. Joel Arvidsson , who created and maintains the tool, states that it has "absolutely no access to your browser habits or passwords" and that it doesn't track behavior. After installing Hush, you will need to ensure that the extension is enabled in Safari. On a Mac, you can do this by opening Safari, opening Safari's settings, and heading to the Extensions tab. Make sure that "Hush" is checked. On an iPhone or iPad you'll need to open the Settings applica

It's been roughly a year since Reddit's API changes killed off all the good clients, and the company hasn't backed down yet. The problem: Reddit's mobile app and website can both be pretty annoying to use, thanks to a combination of bugs and intrusive engagement gimmicks. Third party Reddit clients capable of posting and voting aren't coming back, but if you're more of a lurker, you should still check out RDX. This open source interface, available online or as an iOS app , lets you browse Reddit without having to actually open Reddit. This tool works around the recent API limitations by not actually using the API at all—it scrapes the actual JSON pages that constitute Reddit in order to present you with posts, comments, and media in a super clean format—a streamlined version of Reddit that loads instantly, even if you can't post (or interact with posts) while using it.

Peloton bikes are best known for their video classes, which feature a social leaderboard, chatty instructors, and handpicked music. But from a fitness perspective, my favorite feature is “power zone” training, which you can do with specific classes or enable the power zone bar for any workout. Let me tell you why I love it, and how you can get started with it, too. What is power zone training?  Cyclists measure their effort in terms of power: how much energy you transmit through the pedals in a given length of time. It’s often measured in watts. On an outdoor bike, you need a power meter to measure this; on Peloton, this measurement is built in. (The Bike estimates your power; the Bike+ has a true power meter . Both work just fine for everything I’m discussing today.)  Power zones are personalized to you—in a minute we’ll talk about how—and there are seven zones. If you’re familiar with the output metric (the number in the middle of your screen), your output is what determines your

Ever since the release of the Nintendo Switch, it seems that portable gaming devices have been making a comeback (to say nothing of gaming on your phone). The Razer Edge is one of them—a handheld device geared to Android users and Xbox players—and the wifi version of the tablet is currently $249.99 at Amazon after a $150 discount. (According to price-checking tools , this matches the lowest price it has ever reached.) Razer Edge WiFi Version Snapdragon G3X Gen 1 - Console-class Control with HyperSense Haptics - 6.8” 144Hz AMOLED FHD+ Screen $249.99 at Amazon $399.99 Save $150.00

If you're looking to upgrade to a new Pixel Pro phone, it's not a bad time. Currently, both the Google Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel 8 Pro are available at their lowest prices yet for unlocked devices, per price-tracking tools . The 256 GB Pixel 7 Pro is $435 on Amazon, while the 128 GB Pixel 8 Pro is $649 at Best Buy. 5G Android Phone - Unlocked Smartphone with Telephoto/Wide Angle Lens, and 24-Hour Battery - 256GB Google Pixel 7 Pro $0.00 at Amazon Get Deal

You can get  Fallout 76 for Xbox One or Series X|S on sale for $3.97 right now (reg. $69.99). You can play solo or multiplayer online in the biggest world map yet, exploring the prequel to the other Fallout games where the nuclear apocalypse hasn't yet occurred. You can create a new Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform (CAMP) settlement, solve mysteries, and complete limited-time challenges to earn digital rewards. To play online, you'll need an Xbox Live account and a Game Pass Core or Ultimate subscription (sold separately). You can get a  Fallout 76 CD key for Xbox One or Series X|S on sale for $3.97 right now (reg. $69.99), though prices can change at any time. * This article was originally published here

YouTube has been experimenting with ways to disable ad blockers for a while now, and now it’s going after its own subscribers. Specifically, if you’ve used a VPN to purchase YouTube Premium for a cheaper rate than is available where you actually live, Google is coming after you. In a statement to TechCrunch , the company said the following: “To provide the most accurate plans and offers available, we have systems in place to determine the country of our users. In instances where the signup country does not match where the user is accessing YouTube, we’re asking members to update their billing information to their current country of residence.” The statement followed reports users had posted on Reddit that their YouTube Premium subscriptions had been suddenly canceled without warning. YouTube Premium rates differ depending on your market. For example, while the service costs $13.99 in the U.S., it costs the equivalent of $1.54 a month in India. Redditors who contacted customer servi

Electric vehicles are becoming more common— 1.6 million of them were sold in the U.S. in 2023, representing a 60% increase over 2022. And the federal government is currently working hard to encourage that shift away from gasoline-powered cars and trucks, which means that EVs are likely going to become even more common. Meanwhile, however, our charging infrastructure isn’t keeping up , despite the priorities of the current administration. That translates to difficulty finding a place to charge your EV or long lines waiting for one to open up—and then possibly waiting hours to get a usable charge if you’re stuck with an older Level-1 charger . If you live in an area where there are relatively few charging stations, you might have opted to install an EV charger in your house. And the good news is that you can turn that EV charger into a small business if you want to make a little extra money. DIY charger rental Installing an EV charger in your home is a bit of an investment in term