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Rent-to-Own Homes: A Way to Make a Home Sale Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The right move for a homeowner with a buyer who can’t get a mortgage might just be a rent-to-own agreement. Rent-to-own is a way to make a property transaction work without a lender involved at the start. Rent-to-own is a way to make a property transaction work without a lender involved at the start.

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Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’ve always loved going to salesgarage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter. I rented a booth in an antique mall in a neat old building out in a small town close by us and went out after antiques to fill it. Most garage sales don’t have many antiques – or even collectibles.

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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Musical instrument exchanges – some sites let owners list and buyers browse used instrument sales. We rented our son’s alto saxophone while he took lessons in high school. Find A Used Instrument.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love to shop garage sales. Rent Don’t Buy. If your child is wanting to take music lessons, think about renting the instrument instead of buying. College students have the option of renting books now. There are multiple online sites that let students rent, buy used or sell books. Buy don’t rent.

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Let's talk hobbies and recreation

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

Don''t forget garage sales! Renting a larger cabin costs more than renting for your own family, but if their are enough rooms and space, you can split costs with others and your net outlay is less, sometimes substantially less. First off, we can get our gear for our hobbies at a discount (yeah, this is shopping).

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We rent a shelter (usually), and it is bare! Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. Maybe you put it at the curb, hoping someone will take it and use it – or you sell it at a garage sale or some other used stuff venue.

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Why Did I Buy That!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Last week I visited a garage sale. This is a biggie while you are on vacation (you won’t get back this way, buy it now) or at a sale event (such as a garage sale or estate sale or auction). I often get multiple queries to rent out my lake condo for the same dates from different people.

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