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Five Home Renovation Savings Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Possible sources include: Neighbors or real estate investors who tore out perfectly good materials and want to get rid of them. Garage or estate sales. My son had a tile cutter which he loaned to me. Check with your barber, beautician, lawyer, accountant and most especially with any real estate agents you know.

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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. Wouldn’t it be fun to have a place where our sons, their wives and our grandchildren could come together to play, visit and bond? Diversify our investment holdings. We only own one home, no land, no rentals.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If your child is off to college and you are interested in real estate investments, consider buying a house in your child’s college town. One of my relatives did this for the four years their son was in school. They actually went in together with another parent to buy the house.

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