Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
We wanted to purchase a home that would be large enough for us to stay and grow in for the better part of the next decade. We rent to my brother, but prior to our current arrangement, we were looking for a tenant for the time period between when the suite was ready, and when my brother was going to move in.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 4, 2024
When my brother and I were growing up, our parents didn’t have much discretionary income. Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. I didn’t shingle the roof due to a fear of heights, but Alan, his dad, and my brother did.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 20, 2014
It has an income suite, so we live in about 1300 square feet of the house, and our tenant (my brother) lives in the basement suite. This is what we were looking for, so we bought our house in a suburb quite far away from the city where we could grow. We ended up in a 2.5
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