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Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We never calculated his return on time and postage, but I’m pretty sure he was well into a hole on it. Contests are cheaper to enter now, all you have to do is give away some information – like your email id, and put up with some clutter in your email box (the item you just subscribed to). You need to be an extreme bargainer.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

As an IT consultant, you’d more than likely be able to offer remote services as well as on-site assistance, giving you freedom and flexibility while working in a field that’s in high demand. You’ll need access to a commercial kitchen, a part-time staff of servers and a couple of assistant cooks to start.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We use the eggs, harvest meat & if I can’t get out to hunt venison we’ve had friends give us meat. Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. This means funds are tight.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. When our first baby came we used cloth diapers (so we didn’t have to pay for the disposable ones) and had to freeze dry them in the garage in the winter. That took forever!

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