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5 Books with Insights that Changed the Way I Think About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Even though we bought a house in 2007, I never once expected it to be a money-maker. If we move again, my hope is that we find a nice place to rent, and that we invest the money we save instead. It’s not about working at a job for decades while you put money away in an account. And, of course, it hasn’t been.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. Now I wish those dollars had gone into our savings accounts. In 2007, when the kids were 8 and 13, we recreated that trip – with a travel trailer and bunks instead of a miniscule tent.