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Buying A House In 2023: A Step-By-Step Guide

Savings Corner

This year may go down in real estate history as the year of correction. Whatever the economic state of the real estate market, buying a house can be an exciting and emotional process. Doing so will empower you to make the best decisions for your family — and your wallet. Is location the top priority?

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How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

Our home owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, there have been years where we also owed the Federal government. The post How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet appeared first on Family Balance Sheet.

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Types of Investors

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Over the weekend, during a family visit, I had a conversation with one of my nephews – a thirty something husband, father and CFO of a small company. He and his family currently live in a home in a suburban subdivision. Real estate investors. Real estate is a time honored way for individuals to invest.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Individuals, families and workplaces are complex organisms with multiple constantly changing parts and pieces. If you push in one direction, the organism may pop in several different directions. The intention was to get some extra money and get the real estate taxes paid. Examples of unintended consequences.

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7 Reasons to Lease Your Vacation Condo

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are seven reasons I took this step – reasons you may also find relevant. Your family won’t gather there anymore. We bought our condo as a family gathering spot, some place fun to come to visit with each other. The county also may consider your rental a ‘business’ and charge commercial tax rates.

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4 Crazy Hard Things To Check On When Buying a Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We’ve only bought 4 pieces of real estate in our lives, including two homes. What is there today may drastically change tomorrow. What you see today as a quiet family friendly zone, may actually already be on its way to becoming a commercial district. Plans For Future Development. Quiz the current owner.

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Four Weekend Activities that will Rock Your Financial World

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you reflect on your life and your finances, you may find that there are changes you want to make. Talk finances with your family for 15 minutes. Now is the time to make sure you are in alignment as a family. Show and tell the kids how the family earns and spends and saves and invests. Walt Disney.

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