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How is Your Vacation Rental Doing?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Property values had risen considerably in our married lifetime and we thought they would continue to do so. Gather the family. We paid around $200,000 in 2007 for the property with an extra amount for furnishings and a slip in a yet-to-be-built boat dock. Our accountant charges a lot to do our taxes.

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Front Yard Landscaping: Spring Clean Up!

Family Balance Sheet

It has been a problem area ever since we re-did our landscaping in 2007. Do It Yourself Landscaping: Take 2. I'll fill in with some colorful annuals after Mother's Day. I also need to figure out what we are going to plant under our bay window. We have planted several things there and they have not survived.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By feeding our family of four at home for 20 years we saved $168,768. We used free TV for most of our married life (we do now splurge on satellite TV!). On average a typical family will spend about $50 a month to go out to a concert, the movies, an amusement park and etc. Do it yourself home repair can really go either way.