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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

How did you get interested in saving money? At age 12, I started saving up my allowance and babysitting money to buy Christmas gifts for other children who were less fortunate. We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. Childhood joy.

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How Much Money Can You Live Off Of?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Any housing related insurance fees and property taxes are also important to include. Food costs would be a sum of the total of how much money it would cost to feed your family on a monthly basis. Food costs would be a sum of the total of how much money it would cost to feed your family on a monthly basis. Please share.

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