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How is Your Vacation Rental Doing?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We planned our purchase in the heady days just prior to the recession of 2008/2009. Gathering supplies, deep cleaning, locating companies to clean between rentals, posting information on advertisement sites, responding to queries, billing clients, and many more tasks eat time. Property value appreciation. Gather the family.

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Green Investing Tips: How To Place Your Dollar In Conscious Companies

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With our national recession seeming to lift ever so slightly, many Americans are curious about the best means to invest after four years of market-shyness. While we were all plenty burned by the 2008 crash, with a slow turnaround there remain many sectors in which to place your investing dollar.

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Why Use Cash?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There is no chance for your personal information to be stolen. In 2008-2009 when we had the credit crunch and recession, there was at least one day when stores were not accepting credit. I do use cash mainly for transactions of $50 or less as I don’t like to carry around a lot of loot (except when on vacation)!

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