Will this be your first time hosting Thanksgiving dinner? Is this your maiden Turkey Day voyage in your new home? Or are you just on the prowl for Thanksgiving tips to help the day stay on course? Never fear. We’ve got you covered.

If your past Thanksgiving dinner experience begins and ends with making a green bean casserole and showing up relatively on time—and now it’s your turn to host the whole kit and caboodle—there are a few things you should know before turkey day rolls around.

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither is Thanksgiving dinner.

We love veterans. We are extremely thankful for their service and sacrifices. So it should come as no surprise that we created a homebuyer program that benefits veterans and military personnel. It’s called Home Is Possible For Heroes and it‘s our way of saluting Nevada’s heroes on Veterans Day—plus the other 364 days of the year.

Some Background Info

With Nevada’s birthday (aka Nevada Day) just around the corner, we’re admittedly a little nostalgic about the Silver State’s awesomeness. And we’re even more confident that owning a piece of the nation’s 36th state is a great idea for many Nevadans—something we know a thing or two (thousand) about.

Last week, we shared some handy fall home maintenance tips for homeowners throughout Nevada, regardless of climate. Hopefully, you’ve already started checking some of them off your list. Today, we want to share some fall to-dos for Nevadans who live where freezing temperatures are the norm from fall to spring (though our friends in southern Nevada can also benefit from a couple of these fall energy-saving tips as well).

Fall Checklist, Part Two

1.  Put your sprinklers system to bed.

Whether you’re enjoying the color show of changing leaves, or appreciating a welcome change in temperature, one thing’s for sure: Fall is a beautiful time of year in the Silver State. It’s also the time of year when home maintenance moves to the top of the to-do list for reasons of safety and energy efficiency.

You probably already know that Home Is Possible (affectionately known as HIP) is a down payment assistance program for Nevadans who seek decent, affordable housing. But if that’s where your HIP knowledge ends, keep calm and read on.

Top 5 HIP Facts

1. It’s downpayment money – no paybacks!

The old adage, ‘Good fences make good neighbors’ may be true, but what are some other ways to make sure you’re on the good list? In honor of Good Neighbor Day September 28, we’re sharing some helpful tips on how to get along, and then some.

Six Ways To Keep The Peace 

There’s a whole new segment of homebuyers in the housing market these days. They’re called boomerang buyers, and what makes them unique is that they’ve been down this road before. These folks lost their homes due to foreclosure or short sale, and are now ready to re-enter the market and become homeowners again.

The transition from renter to homeowner is a doozy. We’re not saying that to scare you, but rather, to prepare you. To make things go as smoothly as possible as you join the homeownership club, we’ve gathered some handy tips just for you. (Spoiler alert: none of them involve calling your landlord to resolve issues.)

Before Getting The Keys

Back-to-school season is the perfect time to admit that we HIPsters at Nevada Housing Division are geeky number crunchers at heart. After all, we’re the people behind the thousands of dollars that Nevada homebuyers can get through our Home Is Possible (HIP) family of programs.

While you may not inherently love math like we do, we’re certain you’ll come around when you start calculating how much money is available to help you buy a house. (Just wait until you start playing with the Mortgage Credit Certificate calculator!)