Frugal Home Improvement Idea: Red Brick vs. High Efficiency Toilet

March 6, 2009

photo credit: DDFic The great frugal debate: high efficiency toilet (HET) vs. good old fashioned red brick. I have a toilet from 1975 in our guest bathroom that I want to replace with a new low flow toilet that uses 1.2 gallons per flush, or gpf to be technical. The 1975 American Standard toilet doesn’t [...]

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Earn $5 Just For Waiting 10 Minutes

March 4, 2009

photo credit: zieak It was my first job out of college and I was handing out crisp $5 bills for customers who waited in line for 10 minutes or longer. What’s the catch? You had to be a customer and request the $5 payment. Working as a bank teller after college was one of the [...]

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Did You Walk By The Passive Income Idea Today At The Store?

March 2, 2009

photo credit: MNgilen Sometimes a passive income idea is looking at you and asking to make you some extra money. In this case we’ll look at taking ordinary items at your local store and turning them into cash for your family. You might look at your next shopping trip a little differently and you probably [...]

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