Family Discovers Outrageous Way to Save Big Money
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:00AM
After losing their business to the recession, Carl and Hari decided to make a drastic move... out of their 3-bedroom home, and into what they call their “Tiny House” -- a 168-sq. ft. home.
Moving their family from a 1,500-sq. ft. home to such a small space was a major downsize, but one reaping big savings. Their space is small and insulated, resulting in an electric bill of around $40 a month. They have also been able to bank Hari’s entire salary each month. Their “Tiny House” is part of their bigger plan to build a mortgage-free home. That home will still be small, but Hari says it will be large enough to at least find space to be alone (and perhaps add a bathtub).
Watch "Anderson" on Monday for more outrageous ways to save money.
Moving their family from a 1,500-sq. ft. home to such a small space was a major downsize, but one reaping big savings. Their space is small and insulated, resulting in an electric bill of around $40 a month. They have also been able to bank Hari’s entire salary each month. Their “Tiny House” is part of their bigger plan to build a mortgage-free home. That home will still be small, but Hari says it will be large enough to at least find space to be alone (and perhaps add a bathtub).
Watch "Anderson" on Monday for more outrageous ways to save money.
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Outstanding show, please keep bringing more people with more ideas to save money.Thank you
Diluting milk??!! REALLY??!! What about the nutrition of those kids??!! Diluting the available calcium and other nutrients milk contains??!! And possible contamination from the tap water??!! What kinds of "bugs" grow in the stored milk that those people are consuming??!! Especially for the kids!!
I am confused. The finacial person from Yahoo(I believe) spent most of her talking about how the extreme couponing was asically a waste of time only making about $4.00 an hour. Hmmmmm...... paying for daycare so someone else can raise your child and you can receive a paycheck so you can spend most of that money on daycare? There is no way that the finacial person really did the math on this one.
I missed the whole interview about the small house. What a great job they are doing. This country is in a mess and they are doing what we all should have done, don't buy what you can't pay cash for. After reading the old post below (from Sunny 57 days ago) I am not surprised that she cut these people off.
Anderson - why did you give so much time for Farnoosh(?) to ramble about couponing when she didn't even acknowledge the facts about the math --- raising her son at home, giving things to shelters or other needy people. Her solutions for saving money is all about self and did not seem to be helping others.
I am not interested in a book by a person who cannot acknowledge the good things that were accomplished by these people.
I am confused. The finacial person from Yahoo(I believe) spent most of her talking about how the extreme couponing was asically a waste of time only making about $4.00 an hour. Hmmmmm...... paying for daycare so someone else can raise your child and you can receive a paycheck so you can spend most of that money on daycare? There is no way that the finacial person really did the math on this one.
I missed the whole interview about the small house. What a great job they are doing. This country is in a mess and they are doing what we all should have done, don't buy what you can't pay cash for. After reading the old post below (from Sunny 57 days ago) I am not surprised that she cut these people off.
Anderson - why did you give so much time for Farnoosh(?) to ramble about couponing when she didn't even acknowledge the facts about the math --- raising her son at home, giving things to shelters or other needy people. Her solutions for saving money is all about self and did not seem to be helping others.
Why the tiny house people were cut off by the yahoo gal. We all wanted to see and know more.
Why is this 'outrageous'? I think it's good common sense.
If you took all of the people of the world and divided them up into all the housing in the world, everyone would be very lucky indeed to have 10 square feet to their name, and that would probably not include heat or running water. Americans have been sold a bill of goods that they need a McMansion and a 30 year mortgage, AKA an enslavement document.
The reason that this is so incredible to people is that there are housing 'codes' designed by the Lords and Masters that prohibit you from living in anything that small, not for your own good as much as for the sake of the neighbor's housing 'values'.... to prove their point, if you persist in deciding for yourself, in a 'free' country that you'd be perfectly happy in, say, 100 SF, they'll arrest you and put you in a jail cell; a space considerably smaller than 100 square feet... Free Country? Rrriiiight.