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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. We planned our purchase in the heady days just prior to the recession of 2008/2009. Gather the family. Our family has gathered multiple times across the years to enjoy the condo and the area.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hubby retired in July 2007. Then the Great Recession hit so I postponed for a few years. Our alternate income streams include an inherited IRA, real estate rental income and dividends/interest from investments. In 2010, my company was just preparing to do their first round of recession related layoffs.