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Rent-to-Own Homes: A Way to Make a Home Sale Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A buyer who could easily make the loan payments is often unable to afford the large down payment lenders currently demand. Rent-to-own is a way to make a property transaction work without a lender involved at the start. But both the buyer and seller can protect themselves by researching market value trends in the neighborhood.

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Should You Spend Your Money on Home Re-Decorating?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Have you ever shopped at neighborhood garage sales? Others are perhaps trying to keep up with the Jones by staying current with all the latest trends. From what I can see here there is a lot of desire to follow trends and show off the wonderful success.” Trends come and go. How often do people redo their rooms?

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6 Ways an i-Phone Can Save You Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Maintaining the current trend in smart phone technology is no cheap endeavor. On top of the basic cost of your bill each month for text messaging and making calls, tack on 30+ dollars for a data package, and another 200+ dollars for the phone itself. There’s no denying it, iPhones are expensive.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

All my life, others have tried to make me feel guilty about stuff – guilty about not having enough stuff, guilty about not having the right stuff, guilty about having too much stuff, guilty about spending too much money on stuff or not spending enough on stuff, and guilty about throwing stuff away. You donate to suitable charities.

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Learn to Negotiate Better Prices

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We should convince ourselves that it is OK and that it doesn’t make us look cheap or bad. Although our citizens don’t practice the very visible haggling over every item for sale that I saw on that Mexican vacation, I believe we are seeing a trend toward more price negotiation in the U.S.A. No Good Role Models.

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23 Passive Income Ideas To Help You Make Money In 2023

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Opportunity: A course can deliver an excellent income stream, because you make money easily after the initial outlay of time. And to make good money from it, it has to be great. E-books can be relatively short, perhaps 30-50 pages, and can be relatively cheap to create, since they rely on your own expertise.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

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If you have a CPA license, you can help business owners file taxes, generate balance sheets and other accounting documents and make your professional recommendations about your client’s bottom line. Whatever your field of expertise, starting a consulting business is a great way to make a sizable income while working on your own terms.