Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 24, 2013

No matter where you live, buying a home is a big commitment, so you shouldn’t enter into the transaction lightly. If you have the temperament to become a landlord, you can purchase the home and then rent it out, earning money each month. You don’t want to end up “house poor.” An emergency fund?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 20, 2014

He once told me that going to school wasn’t about how many facts you could memorize or how many things you could learn. Financially, he moved from working for a living to becoming a landlord and property flipper to eventually trading in the stock market. If he didn’t know how he studied on it until he figured it out.

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Radios Real Estate Work Kids and Family 162

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

What if your current home doesn’t sell? Are you financially able to carry two homes or are you willing to become a landlord to a renter for awhile? In addition, the public schools weren’t all that great and we wanted some land around our home. How do we decide if we should sell our home or stay put?

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Savings Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

When you submit an application to rent an apartment, the landlord may look at your credit score to gauge how likely you are to pay your rent on time. Alternatives to student cards (and options for non-students) If you’re under 21 and can’t qualify on your own: Have a parent add you as an authorized user on one of their cards.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 21, 2013

If you don’t have an emergency fund in order to make at least the approximate payment of your anticipated mortgage and expenses, you are not ready to make the leap into home ownership. Just think – when the pipe breaks, you just call your landlord and you don’t have to deal with (or pay for it) yourself.

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Home Emergency Fund Buy Buying 186

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 23, 2012

Here is my take on the skills every homeowner or landlord needs to have. It’s pretty standard advice to new homeowners that they should have a lawyer present at closing, yet we didn’t. You can’t just keep accumulating stuff if you intend to stay in the same house. Skills that will save you big bucks over time.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Of course, this only works if you don’t also have a mountain of laundry over there. This week, I am thankful: for a good exam grade I still have A’s, so I am not complaining at all, but it is interesting to see how my exam grades have been very very slowly falling over the semester. What are you thankful for this week?

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

He loved it, although his mother asked him at the rehearsal dinner if he shouldn’t go get a haircut! ? We’ve saved so much on home improvement projects–when you rent you don’t worry about such things! What’s one thing you aren’t remotely tempted to splurge on? We rent now and are much happier.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Or, you could buy property of your own (if you have the business funding, of course) becoming a property manager or landlord, renting out the space to tenants, maintaining the property and serving as their point of contact for any potential issues. What is your ideal work environment?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

I bet you didn’t know about these: Peanut Butter Lover’s Month- I love the stuff! Saving Money Today: A Tree Smashed Through My Roof and I’m Lucky – I can’t believe how lucky I feel that a tree fell through my roof and did $9,000 in damage. Haven’t read it? National Pepper Month.

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Saving Cents With Sense

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Suggest that your potential landlord use a service like Mysmartmove to conduct a background and credit check. This way, your sensitive information won’t be floating around on a piece of paper. Keep the Card at Home. The consequences of identity theft are wide spanning and can have devastating effects on your future.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 20, 2014

I didn’t want to buy a starter home and have to incur the costs of selling it when we decided to expand our family, so we bought a forever home. I didn’t want to buy a starter home and have to incur the costs of selling it when we decided to expand our family, so we bought a forever home. What type of home do you live in?

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Lenders that offer bad credit loans may accept borrowers with good or excellent credit scores (690 or higher) but have underwriting that’s flexible enough to accept those with low scores, too. Loan amounts range from about $1,000 to $50,000 and annual percentage rates are capped at 36%. How do bad credit personal loans work? Add collateral.

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