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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The intention was to get some extra money and get the real estate taxes paid. This caused the home to be condemned as unfit for human habitation and the real estate taxes not to be paid. Passive Income With Real Estate Want to Impress Your New Boss?

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4 High Impact Money Saving Tips

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For example, buying food and paying rent do not make you any money. However paying for an education, lets say in real estate internet marketing , is an investment because you get a financial return on what you pay. Cut Down the “Eating Out”. Therefore, they are expenses.

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Needs vs. Wants

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Last summer in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp, we gave the 3 kids advertisements from the Sunday paper and asked them first to identify and cut out things that were needs; and then to do the same with things that were wants. It is food, so maybe a need. Is butter a need or a want? That same decision holds true with everything.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. Discussing how it is easier to eat healthy when you have food stamps but once that is gone or you have “graduated” from the program, you can no longer eat as well.