Mixing money and family can be a recipe for disaster. It too often gets entwined with feelings and obligations and the whole thing becomes messy. Though if you’re lucky enough to have family that wants to help you out, and can afford to, it can be hard to say no to. Let me be the …
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26-year-old daughter gets 2 years free rent and spends money on home improvements, retaliates when mom moves to sell the house for ‘mental health reasons’: ‘Family first’
There’s the old saying «There’s no such thing as a free lunch.» It’s based on the economic principle that even if someone else pays for your lunch, you’re paying with the time spent having lunch. It’s a surprising but sound concept. There’s always a hidden cost to things that might appear to come free. This is especially true when you start involving family, like the TV show Gilmore Girls aptly illustrated. Your rich parents might pay for …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old daughter gets 2 years free rent and spends money on home improvements, retaliates when mom moves to sell the house for ‘mental health reasons’: ‘Family first’
‘It will take years for our landscaping to recover’: Tyrannical HOA cuts down over 30 trees in just 6 days, angering homeowners
Call me a tree hugger, but trees are our friends. They provide so much for us that it’s hard to overstate. Shade, clean air, housing for wildlife, not to mention increasing our property values. And trees famously don’t grow overnight. Most of them are far older than us, and some of them are tens of thousands of …
Seguir leyendo ‘It will take years for our landscaping to recover’: Tyrannical HOA cuts down over 30 trees in just 6 days, angering homeowners
20+ Funny Suburbia Memes for Homeowners Living the Suburban Dream Life in the ‘Burbs
So, what is «lawn care» like?
Homeowner Creates Wholesome Activity for the Entire Neighborhood By Getting Passerby to Pick What Color She Should Paint Her Eclectic House, Goes Viral
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Please, won’t you be my neighbor?
Home Depot offers a $33k prefab home, millennials start dreaming of homeownership: ‘Sell for $300k 2 years later’
For many in my generation, the idea of homeownership is a fantasy. No matter how long and hard we work, the world is simply too expensive for us to scrape together funds to own a home. I’d love to be able to make improvements and changes to my dwelling. I’d love to paint a wall …
Seguir leyendo Home Depot offers a $33k prefab home, millennials start dreaming of homeownership: ‘Sell for $300k 2 years later’
An Expensive Brunch of Avocado Toast Memes for the Wealthy
Because having avocado toast at brunch and owning a home is basically the same thing.