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5 Reasons to Hire a Property Manager for Your Real Estate Investments
‘œWe pay the property manager to take care of the property. I’m an investor in this and I really don’t know whether he’s doing a great job or not. I’m sure he could do better.’ ‘“ Charles Kirby On Sunday, there was a little blurb in the business section of The New York Times quoting…
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Femme Economics: The Breasts are Free (Lactation and Lesbians)
At first glance, you may have thought this post was a frugal feminist protest of bras. I can’t do that because I’m a rather pendulous DD cup and if I burned my bras, my breasts would touch the ground in just a few years and that would make it hard to walk. Instead, I’m here…
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A Story of Technolust: Desire and the Frugal Girl
I lead a fairly simple life, for a city girl. My partner and I are slowly but surely uncluttering our lives, our home, and our brains. We don’t tend to buy a lot of consumer goods (not always difficult, since we’re not usually marketed to directly.) Living frugally is not really a choice at the…
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In Search of Gay Money: Secrets to Domestic Partnership and Money Bliss
As gays and lesbians writing about money, we’ve grown weary of reading all the personal finance content that’s written from the perspective of straight marriages. So at Queercents, we’ve turned the tables on money and relationship advice by asking: What if all of our favorite money columnists were gay? Would their advice be more relevant…
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Tax Day: A Time to Remember Discrimination Gays and Lesbians Face
Today is Tax Day in the US. Whether you procrastinated or filed early, tax season is ripe with opportunities to be reminded how we, as gays and lesbians are second class citizens in the eyes of the law. Bottom line – we pay more than our straight counterparts. In my opinion, this alone is a…
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Reducing Pet Costs: Medical Expenses
While pet food is the most often recurring cost associated with pets, pet medical care may well be the most expensive. When me and my partner rescued Francie from the rooftop, we immediately took her to the vet to make sure she was healthy. Although we got a 10% discount for taking in a rescue,…
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What you own and what owns you
“Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency” – Epicurus (341’“270 B.C.) A Greek Philosopher To be self-sufficient means to depend more on you to take care of yourself; finding ways to grow food, bring in water and providing utilities are the most common. Another way to live sustain-ably would be to live with less. There…
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The emergence of bling: race, wealth and twentysomething entitlement
‘œAppearances are often deceiving.’ ‘“ Aesop What types of consumer goods symbolize higher income? Items observed by others: such as clothing, cars, and jewelry. Who spends more on these items? Blacks spend more on visible goods than whites. Stereotype? Yes. But is it true? Yes! These findings are based on new research by Erik Hurst,…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: More on Folk Music
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Tegan and Sara for a visit to Massachusetts-based folk singer Chris Pureka. Seriously click that link. You will not regret it. This is the weekend of two Chris shows in three days, and I’m loving every minute of it. Penelope Trunk on the economics of buying a…
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Free Teleclass – Letting Go and The Art of Spring Cleaning
Letting go is such a misunderstood term. It just rings with feelings of so much loss for so many of us. No wonder we’re fearful of doing it – I mean who wants to feel like that? Yet letting go is one of the most important tools you can have for creating a great life,…
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