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3 Tried-and-True Tips for a Frugal Family

Saving Cents With Sense

You can find lightly used clothes and toys at garage sales or thrift stores to save as much as 90 percent off retail, according to LivingOnADime.com, a site dedicated to frugal living. Instead of spending your hard-earned money on graduates, why not spend much less by hiring the students while they are still learning?

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

We had to sell it less than 3 years after buying it, and between that and the market timing (bought in 2009, sold in 2012), we were lucky to come out of the whole situation with our original mortgage paid off completely by the sale! Three years later, she graduated, and my dad decided to do the same.