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How to Make a Small Apartment Feel Like a Big Home: 5 Easy Tips to Use While Organizing a Living

Today people are hooked on stunning looks of big homes and residences, yet not so many of us can actually afford living like this on a daily basis. While the richest of us try to impress their audience, buy Instagram followers and fancy apartments and go for vacations in uncommon hotels, we …

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Where Should I Retire?: I can afford a $300,000 home in a ski town ‘but not if it comes with $6,000 a year in HOA dues’ — so where can I retire?

Dear MarketWatch, We will be retiring, hopefully in 2021, with about $ 30,000 to $ 40,000 in annual income from a pension. I would love to live in Summit County, Colorado, where all the awesome stuff is — mountain biking, skiing, paddle boarding — but it’s outrageously expensive.  In retirement …

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Favorite Things Friday: 2 simple DIYs, 2 podcast recommendations, and a fun fact about me!

Happy Favorite Things Friday! I expressed on my Instagram this past week that i’ve been feeling a bit frazzled with life. With many half finished projects happening all around our house, every space looks like a tornado has just passed through it, and I’m running on little sleep. Writing blog …

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