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Save Money on Rent

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Years ago, we rented a unit in one of two quadruplex buildings owned by our landlord. Our rent back then was (adjusted for inflation) around $550 – a big bite out of our $35,000 gross salary – especially when we were trying to save a down payment for a house, start a college fund for each of our two boys and pay off a loan we had.

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Which Type of Home Should You Buy?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Know that with more space, comes more cleaning. You’ll have more rooms to keep clean, more land to weed, feed, and trim, and more general maintenance to do. We ended up in a 2.5 Money Tips'

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