The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market. We rented at first, but the rental situation in our new town was poor. I was determined to buy a house that was less than we could afford.

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 181

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. Had we not fallen in love with the locale, it wouldn’t have mattered how low the taxes were, but fall in love we did.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 175

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

On top of our normal day to day expenses, the new property taxes were due, we had more ownership expenses than we realized, and we had a family to feed. We paid our bills on time, never carried credit card debt from month to month, but in that moment we could not pay our bills. My husband and I had children later in life.

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Goals Debt Renovation Daughter 100