31.   Potential buyers work through a real-estate broker who arranges for viewing prospective homes before the auction.

32.   Sales traditionally rise as summer approaches and families try to get settled in their new homes before their children start school.

33.   She said her air conditioner already had sucked chemicals into her home before the sirens sounded.

34.   Some companies, like Texas Home Warranty, require inspections of the home before policies are issued.

35.   So the goal becomes to avoid the tax by realizing the gain on your home before the gain exceeds the exclusion limit.

36.   Some had never spent a night away from home before coming here.

37.   The AARP recommends shopping around for PERS products and testing or renting a product in your home before buying it.

38.   The children who are adopted spend an average of three and a half years to five and a half years in foster homes before finding permanent homes.

39.   The police discovered at least four bombs at the home before removing the bodies.

40.   The situation would have been different if you had tried to sell your old home before converting it to a rental property and had failed to find any buyers.