How to Make Your Home Renovation Pay

Make Your Home Renovation Pay

By Michelle Singletary
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the Winter 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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In a slumping housing market, remodeling projects don't guarantee the return they once did. But that doesn't mean no update is worth doing. Financial expert Michelle Singletary explains.

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