Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

We wanted to purchase a home that would be large enough for us to stay and grow in for the better part of the next decade. We rent to my brother, but prior to our current arrangement, we were looking for a tenant for the time period between when the suite was ready, and when my brother was going to move in.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Years ago, we rented a unit in one of two quadruplex buildings owned by our landlord. To save some money, we asked the landlord if we could start a vegetable garden in the area outside our unit. The landlord also let me pick some of the seeded concord grapes growing up the hill. Here’s how we saved money on rent.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 20, 2014

It has an income suite, so we live in about 1300 square feet of the house, and our tenant (my brother) lives in the basement suite. This is what we were looking for, so we bought our house in a suburb quite far away from the city where we could grow. Condos are ultimately the least work. We ended up in a 2.5

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