Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 27, 2013

After 7 years of renting it to vacationers on a nightly basis, and using it occasionally ourselves, I have decided to let a local company lease it on a yearly basis. Here are seven reasons I took this step – reasons you may also find relevant. Ours did and they were twice as high as the residential real estate taxes!

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you’re trying to find the small business idea that’s right for you, ask yourself the following questions: Where is there a need in the market, and how can your skills satisfy that need? Your less math-friendly entrepreneurs could use your help in keeping their personal and business finances in order.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

The US Secretary of State, currently John Kerry today (2013-08-30) in a newscast on the possibility of intervening in Syria due to chemical weapons used there, claimed that there is a high and immediate cost of the US doing nothing in response to that use. I had to learn some of these do nothing cost lessons the hard way.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Housing prices are down across the USA and Canada, and many homeowners find themselves with a house that’s no longer worth what they originally paid. At the end of the rental term, the buyer can buy the home at the price both parties agreed on, and they’re already part of the way there. Passive Income With Real Estate.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 28, 2016

If you’re thinking about some resolutions for 2017 that have to do with YOUR finances, then I’m inviting you to join me in January for the New Year New You Financial Summit. If you can’t make the time slot, don’t sweat it, you can watch the replays as long as you’re registered. 8 pm EST: TBD.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 21, 2020

I STILL use our spreadsheet today. If you’re interested, keep reading and you’ll see a sign-up box at the bottom of this post. To find the value of our home, I looked at what comparable homes in my neighborhood recently sold for. You could also use a recent appraisal. Column K = Statement date of the balances.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 16, 2011

Here are some forms of passive income that you may have heard of: Real Estate (rental units). Out of these three options, real estate is often the passive income of choice, simply because not everyone has the talent to sing or write, but for the most part, real estate can be learned by almost everyone.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

The proverbial saying ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’ is used by many a parent in denying some wished for item to their children. Put your roots into healthy soil and suck up the best nutrients you can find. #117046655 / gettyimages.com. Well, kids, your parents lied to you – money does grow on trees.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Use online valuation tools Searching “how much is my house worth?” The technical term for these tools is automated valuation models, or AVMs, and they’re typically offered by lenders or real estate sites like Zillow and Redfin. So it’s always a good idea to talk to a local real estate expert to get more insight.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

JANUARY 16, 2024

However, if you have been following me, you know that I am quite serious about finding ways to not only get out of debt but also how to create a budget (and stick to it) as well as how to save money without necessarily depriving your family of the quality of life they deserve. Again, you’re not alone with this problem.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2011

But if you know what to look for in real estate leads you can purchase a relatively eco-friendly homestead without spending tons of money. Many older homes are built with absolutely no consideration paid towards the way light use conservation can be affected by the dispersing of the fixtures and switches throughout the home.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Do you use artificial trees or live cut real ones? According to a New York Times article last December, there are a bunch of us that have artificial trees – me included. Finding a place to store it all year is still difficult. We have used this tree for 15 years now. It was convenient to already have a tree.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 20, 2014

Dad required me to learn to use tools and perform tasks which, at the time, were considered for boys only. I learned to change the oil, rotate the tires, use power tools, cut the grass, paint the house, work with concrete and much more. 3 Moves that Can Hurt Your Career Do You Use Skills Learned in Childhood? Try new things.

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Radios Real Estate Work Kids and Family 162

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

Find out the purpose of budgeting and whether it’s important for you. It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. I have finally listed many of the financial resources, firms, services, and products that I personally use and recommend.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In hopes of helping someone out there find answers to their own retirement questions, I share today my own retirement experiences and lessons learned to date. Our alternate income streams include an inherited IRA, real estate rental income and dividends/interest from investments. Lesson One – Do the Math.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Use Up Existing Resources. Since she could no longer afford to pay it, she stopped the home insurance and stopped using the cars she inherited (also free and clear). She stopped paying income tax on the rare occasions when she did have income and did not pay county real estate taxes. If you have access to a car, use it!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

Not many – but by planning ahead now you might find ways to lessen the expenses you will face next month and use the annual experience as a teachable moment in your child’s personal finance education. using what they already have. using what they already have. using tax free days. Get Social.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 5, 2012

Keep it businesslike and a bit formal and use this speech to prevent the conversation from becoming a high pressure appeal to your heartstrings. Say No the Right Way The Tower of Power site suggests that you will be more successful saying no if you use the right No. Use Alternate Solutions Look for non-monetary resolutions.

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Nicoles Nickels

MARCH 2, 2015

Here are my top 3 tax tips to help you through tax season whether it’s your first year filing or you’re a senior citizen! There is nothing worse than sitting down to do your taxes and finding that documents you need are missing! Make a checklist that you can use each year with all of the items you need.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 23, 2012

To get the best contractor to re-roof your house, you have to negotiate. They wanted all new furniture for their home so they shopped around to find the store they wanted to use. Perhaps the city wants to use your land for some public work and invokes eminent domain laws to take an easement. Everything is negotiable.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 26, 2016

But, with each of the above, you lose the use of that money and often have little chance of even getting it back, let alone making it grow. We could take on debt to grow using other people’s money. Using a student loan to get educated or re-educated in a new (presumably higher paying) field could also be a sure thing.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site. You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses. Read on to find out what happened and why she didn’t mind.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You may be investing in real estate. In the meantime, you are beating the pavement looking for good value real estate, breaking your back to ensure the property is well kept, scouring the world for exceptional renters and dealing with all of the day to day and periodic operational issues of owning property.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. This will take us most of the year. I don’t want to use the term extreme frugality, because that sounds absolutely horrible. We are using Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball method.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

This is not something I want to see, so today I have a few videos for you that will dispell credit card myths, teach you how to use them properly, how to keep them safe, and how to make sure you should be getting credit in the first place. Those are all great ideas, but one company is taking it a step further to help motivate us.

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