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Frugal Housing

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Save Money On Home Stuff

Your mortgage or your rent is most likely you highest monthly expense. If you own a home and are paying a high interest rate, it might make sense to refinance your loan. Mortgage rates continue to be at their lowest. Make sure to talk to at least 2 or 3 companies before making your decision on refinancing. 

If you are renting, you might want to negotiate to lower your rent by doing some extra maintenance on the property, etc.. which could help out the landlord/owner. There are many other ways to save on housing and home stuff.  Below are some things I've done in the past plus some other helpful resources.
    

Frugal Home & Garden Tips

  • Check out estate sales for deals on unique one-of-a-kind antique furnishings and home decor accessories.
  • Buy an inexpensive soaker hose from a home improvement store, like Home Depot or Lowes. Using a soaker is a more efficient and less wasteful way to water your lawn.
  • Shop flea markets, swap meets, thrift stores, yard sales for great finds in home decorating. If you are looking for something specific, check out Craigslist, or eBay.
  • For great looking home accessories, shop Ross, Marshalls, Home Goods, Target or TJ Maxx even 99 cent stores!
  • For more frugal tips and ideas, click here.
  • Click here for frugal home decor tips.
     
    

Spend Less On Housing

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• Pay Off Your Mortgage - A system that can get rid of your home loan in under 5 years.

• How To Live Rent Free - Learn how to let someone else pay your next house payment.

• Energy Saving House Tips - Find out how to make your home more energy efficient.

• Pay Off Your House In Less Than 6 Years - Methods to help smash your mortgage fast.

• How To Save Thousands Buying Your Next House - Find cheap, affordable homes for sale.

     
      

Resources on Frugal Housing

Here are some resources on how to save money on the topic regarding housing. Check out more eBook resources listed here.

• Sell Your House in 21 Days or Less! (free report) - Learn the secret to selling your home fast in today's market.

• Reduce Your Mortgage - A network of mortgage negotiations specialist to help lower your payments, loan balance and stop foreclosure.

• How To Save Thousands Buying Your Next House (free report) - Learn how to find cheap and affordable homes for sale.

• Frugal Housing Bookstore - A list of my book picks on the subject of frugal housing.

• Home Purchase and Loan Solutions - A resource for buying a home or to obtain a home refinance loan.

• Frugal Home & Garden Bookstore - A list of my book picks on the subject of frugal home & garden decor.
     
     

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Read and learn about useful tips and tricks from experts on how to live "the frugal lifestyle" everyday!  Check out the books below, to see more of my top picks of frugal and financial savvy books, please visit The Frugal Book Store.
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Living The Savvy Life:
The Savvy Woman's Guide to Smart Spending and Rich Living
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It's Not About Being Cheap.  Living the Savvy Life isn't about being a cheapskate, a miser or a tightwad.  It's about having security and peace of mind by spending less than you make.  It's about knowing where you stand financially on a daily basis so you can make intelligent fiscal decisions. 

​It's about being penny-wise on the things that are less important to you so you can spend money on the things that are important to you. It's about choosing to purchase only the things that you love and make you happy.  
It's about finding, attaining and maintaining balance.  Are you ready to start Living the Savvy Life?

   
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​Thrifty: 
Living the Frugal Life with Style


Best-selling author Marjorie Harris offers a timely and entertaining guide to living the richly frugal life. From tips on how to haggle to becoming a frugal fashionista, maintaining your home on a budget, and thrifty gardening, travel, and entertainment, Harris provides essential guidelines to living a quality life on less. Written in her trademark witty, engaging, and accessible style, Thrifty is packed with simple and savvy tips drawn from Harris' own fulfilled, thrifty experience. Bonus tips come from renowned experts such as best-selling author Margaret Atwood, chef Jamie Kennedy, actor R. H. Thomson, travel writer Sylvia Fraser, and The Globe and Mail's style columnists.
  
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How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: 
Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor
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How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free offers inspirational advice on how to enjoy life to its fullest. The key to achieving an active and satisfying retirement involves a great deal more than having adequate financial resources; it also encompasses all other aspects of life -- interesting leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical well-being, mental well-being, and solid social support. 

What sets this retirement book apart from all the others is its holistic approach to the fears, hopes, and dreams that people have about retirement. This international bestseller (over 110,000 copies sold in its first edition) goes way beyond the numbers that is often the main focus of retirement planning in most retirement books.
   
To see more of my top picks of frugal and financial savvy books, please visit The Frugal Book Store.

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