The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We rent now and are much happier. We’ve saved so much on home improvement projects–when you rent you don’t worry about such things!

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 182

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. get better once I had my masters degree and could teach full-time. full-time so we started bringing in a decent amount of money.

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Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Or, you could buy property of your own (if you have the business funding, of course) becoming a property manager or landlord, renting out the space to tenants, maintaining the property and serving as their point of contact for any potential issues. Take a page from Harp Design Co.

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Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

My husband is an extremely hard worker as he works and goes to school full time. Renting, not having super nice furniture or cars, having mismatched dishes and bedding. It was the first time we consistently told ourselves NO to purchases. No new clothes, no vacation, no extra anything. We completely started over.

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Debt Debt Free Bath and Body Works Gas 100

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 180

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I wasn’t able to afford much, and this was the first time I was on my own since having been married. I could barely afford my $600 rent payment, which was in a horrible neighborhood. I took on extra work outside of my full-time accounting job. Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt?

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Debt Debt Free Financial Goals Goals 227

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I use my hands WAY too much for nail polish to last more than a day, and I vastly prefer a kind of “uniform” over having to make decisions about my clothes every single morning (that sounds exhausting!). They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD.

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191