Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

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. A seller who wants to advertise a potential rent-to-own deal can still use many traditional realty advertising methods, such as a local paper and real estate websites, to showcase their properties.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 21, 2020

The History of my Family Balance Sheet: I created my very first Family Balance Sheet many years ago to give my husband a snapshot of our household and business finances. 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.

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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

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. You have to give it space and time (lots of time) to grow into a huge money producer. #117046655 / gettyimages.com. Well, kids, your parents lied to you – money does grow on trees.

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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. Hope to see you there!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 5, 2012

Whether or not you can give it, or even should give it – you feel guilty if you do not. We all know that giving or lending money to a friend or relative can be a recipe for disaster. Keep it businesslike and a bit formal and use this speech to prevent the conversation from becoming a high pressure appeal to your heartstrings.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

JANUARY 16, 2024

Automate Your Contributions This is something I have decided to do with my kids: as soon as anyone turns 18, I’m going to give them $500 as a start-up investment in their Roth IRA. Again, you’re not alone with this problem. Find yours and use it to make extra cash. I send in $50 every month to each of their accounts.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Our alternate income streams include an inherited IRA, real estate rental income and dividends/interest from investments. Now, however, I hear that the company will not consider re-hiring anyone laid off in the first round. Do what YOU want to do, give what YOU want to give, be what YOU want to be.

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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. learning to give by having them donate last years clothing. using what they already have.

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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

APRIL 6, 2012

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. Real Estate. We get some answers.

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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! For me that means a lot of receipts, documentation for my HRA and FSA accounts and any charitable contributions I give. 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

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. Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Refinance Your Mortgage and Pay the Same Amount?

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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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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. Read our Health Insurance Story: . DONE 2015.

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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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