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Should YOU Buy a Boat?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A few years ago, when selecting a vacation home to buy, one of my criteria was that it had to be at a lake or on a beach. These will include things such as insurance, property taxes, gasoline (to get to the lake and to boat on the lake), maintenance, boat slip fees and storage fees in off season. So why buy?

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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I’ve shared before that April is the most expensive month of the year for us because our homeowners/auto insurance and property taxes are all due, along with any federal or state taxes that we might owe. We didn’t have enough cash saved to buy a car without a loan and that wasn’t sitting well with me.

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