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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. Alan’s Lifetime Senior National Parks Pass allows us free entry in the National Parks we love and provides a 50% discount on camping fees in federal campgrounds. Tent camping is even less expensive.)

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In my opinion, he destroyed the airline single handedly for personal profit. The ability to leverage your money by getting a mortgage on a piece of income property and letting your tenants pay it off is unique in the investment world. I worked at TWA in the 1980′s when he was in full corporate raider mode.