american house, but it needs some attention. obviously, the garage is chipping and needs to be painted. scraping and putting a fresh coat of paint will help out with that. planting, cleaning out the leaves. getting a leaf blower and blowing all that out and cleaning it up with mulch and simple flour plantings will not cost a lot of money. the focal point of drawing you into the house is key. in real estate, it s what s on the outside. home and style designer and author of no place like home steven helps homeowners who wants to sell. he helps redesign the inside and outside in a buyer s market. people notice the things that are not quite as nice looking. maybe a plant that is dying or something. i would get a nice, new plant and flowering plant and stagger a few out here. reporter: plants won t break the bank, but homeowners think they need to make big
absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. that s right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what you get for the money. i think for many families, they re starting to make tough decisions about what kind of schools they ll send their children to, whether or not that public university that seemed less desirable before is now maybe a good bargain. yeah, you don t need to spend thousands of dollars because state schools can do that for you if you re motivated. l. zchl l.z, here s the question. ki