Agnes Chan is part of a stealth solar revolution bubbling up in the US. The retired teacher has a tiny solar system propped up in her backyard in Berkeley, California, and plugged into a regular ...

Filing taxes is a pain. Here’s how H&R Block DIY and Assisted performed against other services I tested. I've been through the wringer with my taxes the past couple of years. Last year, I was a ...

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As electricity prices soar and rooftop solar subsidies vanish, some U.S. renters and homeowners are surreptitiously installing solar panels on balconies and in backyards without their utility’s ...

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Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

A new shop in Southern California may represent a trend: DIY auto repair shops where you pay a fee, they jack your car up on a lift, and you do the work. Such places used to be common, then they went ...

When Martina Calvi designed her first scrapbook stickers two years ago, it was intended to be a side project. “I never wanted to run a business, I just wanted to share my art,” she says. But Calvi ...

Home security systems—once the exclusive domain of high-priced professional installers—have never been more affordable, and the hardware and software is simpler, more intuitive, and easier to set up ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer provides surprising insights on how you think about household chores. Americans are obsessed with doing things ourselves. We clean our houses, assemble our furniture and ...