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Winter Reading List

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

The book is filled with insightful, pragmatic “career codes” to follow, as well as all of the practical, how-to advice they’ve learned while building their company from zero employees in 2006, to the thriving, multibrand, multiplatform, multi-million dollar company it is today. But apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs.

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11 Things I learned After Owning a Vacation Property

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We purchased a vacation condo in a local resort area in 2006 (yep, right before the crash). My sister-in-law and her husband had one that they used and rented out and indicated that it was doing well. That gave me the idea to start looking around for one too. The opportunity cost is huge. We paid cash for our vacation rental.

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Are You Planning For Aging in Place?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When we remodeled the master bath in 2006, we added grab bars in the shower, by the toilet and the whirlpool bath. We currently have multiple family members (2 sister-in-laws, 4 nieces/nephews and a son) within 30 miles of our home. Have you made changes to deal with planning for advancing age? Sell Your Home or Stay?

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