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What Features Are Most Important When Buying (and Selling) a House?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This is the first rule of real estate, right? We live in Tucson, a city that is popular with both families and snow birds (retirees who come to live here for the winter months or half the year). We wanted a four bedroom house because both my husband and I work from home part-time. Location, location, location.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Earning a sub-poverty-level income for decades as a Catholic priest, he focused on his investments in his free time, and was worth nearly $1 million when he died. This 102-year-old former part-time janitor and dry cleaner left $2.3 One way to do this in a two income family is to live off of one income and bank the other.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Real estate business If property is your passion, there are several ways you can serve other businesses, or even individuals, with your real estate business. You could start your own real estate agency, working with businesses or private citizens to find the office space, house or apartment that’s right for them.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I was preparing to retire, I tried to go part time – but my company wasn’t willing to fill my spot with a part-timer. Our alternate income streams include an inherited IRA, real estate rental income and dividends/interest from investments. Then the Great Recession hit so I postponed for a few years.

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She (we will call her Susan, although that is not her name) started life as a member of an industrious lower middle class family – one sibling, two parents married to each other. Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job. She began to accumulate clutter.

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The Very Best of Small Town America… for Roadtrips

Saving Cents With Sense

Don’t be surprised if you’re tempted to look up real estate listings and start looking at schools while you’re there. Guest post by: Gloria is a stay-at-home mom and part-time fashion blogger. Vacations on a Dime: Take Your Family Glamping. Small towns are the next big thing, you know.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Wayne presents Unexpected Costs of Pet Ownership posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Pet ownership can be quite expensive. Several weeks ago, I made the decision that it was about time to start looking for a new full time job. MR presents Is Now The Time To Buy Real Estate?

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