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Five Home Renovation Savings Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Not only will renovations provide pleasure and function to you, but they could increase the sale value of your home a bit. Possible sources include: Neighbors or real estate investors who tore out perfectly good materials and want to get rid of them. Garage or estate sales. Plan ahead. Want to redo your kitchen?

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How is Your Vacation Rental Doing?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It seemed reasonable to devote a greater portion to real estate, in order to further diversify our portfolio. Wouldn’t it be fun to have a place where our sons, their wives and our grandchildren could come together to play, visit and bond? Diversify our investment holdings. We only own one home, no land, no rentals.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love to shop garage sales. If your child is off to college and you are interested in real estate investments, consider buying a house in your child’s college town. One of my relatives did this for the four years their son was in school. Learn to love hand me downs from relatives.

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