Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Most of us are renters at some point in our lives, usually when we are first starting out – or perhaps in the seasons when our lives are changing. The landlord also let me pick some of the seeded concord grapes growing up the hill. Perhaps you don’t have enough money to get into your own house yet. He agreed, so we did that.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 27, 2023
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The Frugal Girl
MARCH 4, 2024
I read every post, but don’t comment often – usually some of you have already made my point for me. When my brother and I were growing up, our parents didn’t have much discretionary income. When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 25, 2023
You can quickly design the book on an online platform and then even test-market different titles and price points. What if you get a tenant who pays late or damages the property? You may suddenly have tenants who can no longer pay their rent, while you may still have a mortgage of your own to pay.
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. What are the upsides and pitfalls in your point of view? We ended up in a 2.5
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