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Sell Your Home or Stay?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, if you hate the busy street and the airplane or train noise, or the neighborhood is in decline, you have to decide if you can live with those things if everything else is satisfactory. Are you up to getting all new service providers, banks, favorite gasoline stations, finding local entertainment venues and etc.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

That did teach us a lesson about home ownership: that it was something we were taught was a mark of being an adult, but really, when you “own” a home, unless you’ve paid off the mortgage, the bank is your landlord and you’re just renting. We rent now and are much happier. Cloth diapering.

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