Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 4, 2023

You’ve finally found a great place to rent. The rental market is incredibly tight right now, and in the last year, median asking rent in the U.S. Essentially, a scammer poses as a landlord, often stealing a legitimate listing and reposting it with a lower rent price and the criminal’s own contact information.

Landlord 100

Landlord Real Estate Bank Banking 100

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. I’m Mary, and it’s a pleasure to participate in Kristen’s Meet a Reader series.

Green And Frugal 176

Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 176

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. What got us through financially? Our emergency fund.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130