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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. Property values had risen considerably in our married lifetime and we thought they would continue to do so. If we hadn’t generated that gain, our taxes would have been lower. Our accountant charges a lot to do our taxes.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. Do it yourself home repair can really go either way. Taxes – we did our own taxes for 36 years. This post was written by Marie. . 40,720 Home Repair. we saved a total of $1440.