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Unhappy with housing prices and ever-increasing housing-related expenses? Check out our collection of everyday home & utilities savings tips and tricks so you can start saving money today! Lower your utilities, gas, wifi bill, home maintenance etc.

How Much Money Does Our Brand of Frugality Save? (Spoiler: $56,000+/Year)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I’ve honestly wondered about how much our frugal living saved. Let's do the whole math breakdown and find out!Our brand of frugality is pretty typical (to a little extra strength) in the accumulation ...

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The Confessions of a Houseporn Addict

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I don't know if I have to disclaimer this but this is indeed still safe for work! ;) I don't talk too much about real estate here but this is an obligatory real estate opinion that I feel should be ...

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The Hefty Financials Costs Behind Owning a McMansion

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

This Martin Luther King Monday is our official, guilt-free, lay around the house like a lazy cat day. For the few golden hours of waiting for our laundry to finish, my husband and I sat on our used ...

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40 Everyday Household Items You Should Buy Secondhand To Save Money

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I never knew how many free and secondhand things we used as the family until now. As I took a stroll around my home after the Christmas holidays it occurred to me that a good percentage of our ...

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What I Learned About Clutter As a Millennial With Boomer In-Law Parents

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

We’re still away in California, good children. I wanted to throw a quick lesson out there that’s been plaguing me for a few days. I try to not judge what people do with their money as long as they are ...

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8 Frugal Reasons to Have Two Phones

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Has anyone else noticed the skyrocketing prices of smartphones? Companies are pricing their new flagship smartphones to the tune of $1,000 depending on the storage size, color selection and contracted ...

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How We Handled Our First Year as Homeowners (Home Maintenance & DIYs)

By Jared

Owning a home can be a lot of work; it seems like there's always something (big or small) that needs to be fixed or maintained.Sometimes a light switch goes on the fritz, a false positive smoke ...

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Should You Hire a Professional or DIY

DIY Solutions To Common Plumbing Problems to Save Money (Kitchen, Old Homes, Mobile Homes Etc.)

By Jared

I wouldn't say homeownership has been easy. There is always something that needs to be done. Since we became homeowners, I have developed a higher sense of tolerance for stress. If I can't convince ...

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