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Types of Investors

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

His latest idea would allow him to make money while satisfying a lifestyle change desire. His idea was to buy some land, a bit outside his own area and develop it into an estate type community – homes with acreage. Once you reach that financial plateau, all you have to do is open a broker account somewhere and send in a check.

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The Cost of Doing Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you neglect routine maintenance on your assets (real estate, belongings, etc) they may end up damaged, worth less or gone. We called in the HVAC repair man and spent good money finding out that we really do need to take action on this at least once a year. Do nothing to build $ for the future. Money Tips'

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

. ” Jen presents 6 Free Financial Resources & Tools to Improve Your Finances posted at Master the Art of Saving , saying, “If youre interested in monitoring or improving your finances, then you probably dont want to be spending money to do it. Even professional bond market money managers do not beat the bond market.”

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How is Your Vacation Rental Doing?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It seemed reasonable to devote a greater portion to real estate, in order to further diversify our portfolio. If we hadn’t sold stocks and mutual funds to come up with the money to close the sale (cash on the table), we wouldn’t have generated a huge capital gain in 2007. Diversify our investment holdings.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Paul Vachon presents Frugal Living Made Easy posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, “Frugal living is all about making informed and deliberate choices in how to spend money. In other words, frugality allows me to get more value for my hard earned dollar and who wouldn’t want that?

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