Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 30, 2013

If you have money to invest, should you put it to work when stock prices are rising every day, or should you wait until the market goes down? I’m not financial advisor or planner or trader or fund manager, but since I have money to invest, I wanted some answers to this question for my own purposes! So, who do you believe?

Economy 187

Economy Money Recession Real Estate 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 11, 2015

We purchased a vacation condo in a local resort area in 2006 (yep, right before the crash). Yet we plunked down the huge $25,000 sale price to get a slip in it – not even requiring that the money be put into escrow. We get more money, more days rented, and fewer hassles with me renting it than we did when it was under management.

Vacation 100

Vacation Rent Taxes Grandchildren 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

So I then look at the debt to see if that is the reason they have so much cash through the recession. And it’s true, the debt has increased steadily since 2006. With increasing cash flow and increasing dividends, it seems that they have good cash management.

Green 183

Green Debt Finance 2006 183