Real Estate

Right: Katie Passarello, left: Passarello and her partner

I moved to Spain from the US after college. It was a relief to leave behind the American hustle culture.

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Aerial view of Miami suburb near water at sunset

I spent years in California searching for a city that felt like home — but I finally found it when I moved to Florida

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Buildings on Virginia Beach waterfront in front of beach

I left my Virginia hometown for NYC. I tried to love my life there, but I returned to the South after 3 years.

I tried living in New York City for years, but it wasn't for me. Moving back to my Virginia hometown helped me save money and build my dream life.

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The backdoor way to get a dirt-cheap mortgage rate on your next home

Assumable mortgages offer a rare win-win in real estate, helping buyers get cheaper monthly payments and sellers score higher prices on their homes.

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A man taking a selfie with his wife while they are on a bike ride by a lake.

I'm Canadian, and my husband is American. We chose to live in Canada even though salaries are often lower.

A millennial couple chose Canada over the US. They felt that giving up some job opportunities and the potential to make more money was worth it.

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Why 'rent by the room' earns the most cash flow for a financially independent couple among 4 rental strategies

Jeff White and Suleyka Bolaños have experimented with short-term rentals, long-term rentals, Section 8 housing, and rent-by-the-room.

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A couple started out renting a bedroom on Airbnb to pay the mortgage. Now their cabin village makes over $30,000 a month.

Darrel and Patrice Maxam turned to Airbnb when they wanted to increase the income from their day jobs. Now they build sleek custom cabins to rent out.

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Take a look inside a 45-room, 14,000-square-foot historic mansion once owned by the inventor of Morse code

Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York. The 14,000-square-foot villa has 45 rooms over six floors.

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9 top safe-haven states where jobs and home values are shielded from the trade war fallout

States less reliant on international trade will be more shielded from the trade war.

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I've earned $74,000 renting out space in my yard that I wasn't even using. The side hustle requires almost no effort.

Stacy Spahr is earning extra cash by renting out empty space in his yard. He's reinvesting the money into his home to boost its curb appeal.

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WeWork CEO John Santora speaks at Semafor's World Economy Summit

WeWork CEO says tariff uncertainty is actually good for his business: 'Who's prepared to commit to a 10- or 15-year lease?'

"With all the uncertainty around tariffs, who's prepared to commit to a 10- or 15-year lease?" WeWork CEO John Santora told Semafor.

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Financially independent real-estate investors are starting with a simple but overlooked step before even looking at properties

Many financially independent real estate investors get started by attending a local meetup or networking event.

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Two people walk into an open house in a suburban neighborhood.

5 years ago, only 85 US cities had starter homes that cost at least $1 million. Now there are 233.

The Zillow data illuminates just how difficult it is for buyers to purchase homes, even in cities and states once considered relatively affordable.

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A wall of jerseys hang inside Matthew Bassuener's Airbnb

Some Airbnb hosts aren't getting the NFL Draft payday they expected

One host slashed her Airbnb's nightly rate by more than 80% after the initial hype over Green Bay, Wisconsin, hosting the NFL Draft died down.

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Room with checkered walls, hot pink lockers, yellow couch

I redid my space with color and 'dopamine decor' designed to bring me joy. It worked at first, but I already hate it.

The "dopamine decor" trend was supposed to make my space happy and colorful. Now, I hate it after a few months and regret how I spent my money.

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21 cities and towns across the US that offer cash and other perks to people who move there

Cities and towns from Georgia to Maine pay people who qualify to move. Perks range from babysitting services to free plots of land to build a house.

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The skyline of downtown Los Angeles with palm trees in the foreground.

I moved from New York City to Los Angeles. Drinking culture and work-life balance feel so different on the West Coast.

I moved from New York City to Los Angeles. Life on the West Coast has been full of surprises from the drinking culture to the work-life balance.

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The Melbourne skyline at sunset, with a bridge in the foreground.

I grew up in the US and lived in England, but I later found my forever home on a completely different continent

I moved from the US to Australia 28 years ago. From the lively cities to the public healthcare system, Australia has been a breath of fresh air.

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Alicia Walter and Nathan Stark at Berat Castle in Albania.

We're Americans who have visited 47 countries. Our favorite is an underrated gem we loved so much that we moved there.

A couple from California liked traveling to a small European country with cheap food, transport, and housing so much that they moved there.

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'Demand is through the roof': inside America's trailer park boom

There's a new real estate trend sweeping the nation: Americans are buying up mobile homes — and flipping them for big profits.

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Senior mother talking with adult daughter on sofa.

Here's where Gen Zers and millennials still live with their parents

Far more young adults live with their parents today than did several decades ago.

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Author Louise Slyth smiling in Barcelona

I left a stressful job in my 30s and moved abroad for a year. When I returned to the corporate world, I built a better, more flexible career.

In my 30s, I left my stressful corporate job to spend a year living abroad in Barcelona. When I got home, I had new skills and a better career plan.

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Slyvlest Stallone, Amanda Syfried, Matthew McConaughey side-by-side

20 celebrities who have left Los Angeles on where they moved and why they did it

Some major celebrities have left Hollywood. Here are the places they chose instead, and their reasons for moving, from more room to breathe to lower taxes.

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The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, New York.

Take a look inside a historic 54-room Gilded Age mansion that belonged to one of America's richest families

The Vanderbilt Mansion is located on 153 acres of land in Hyde Park, New York. The National Park Service offers tours to the public.

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Aerial view of a housing suburb neighborhood

Home values in these 10 states are most at risk from Trump's trade war

Residents of these 10 states could see their job and housing markets take a serious hit from Trump's trade policies.

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Living room with guitars on wall, light gray carpet, light colored couches, windows

We spent thousands renovating 3 different spaces in our home — and I regret our flooring choices in all of them

During our expensive home renovation, we made flooring choices we regret, like carpet and vinyl plank, in our laundry room, front room, and basement.

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Eduardo Barboza stands in front of a construction truck instructing one of his workers

I'm a general contractor in Arizona, and tariffs have already caused me to lose business. There are too many unknowns.

Eduardo Barboza is paying his team to work on his own home to keep them busy. Tariffs have caused multiple projects to be cancelled.

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My family turned a 400-square-foot trailer with rotting floors into a mobile home with 2 bedrooms and a rock wall. See inside.

Our family of four live on the road in a trailer we renovated into our dream home with nice kitchen appliances, two bedrooms, and bathrooms.

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A woman posing for the camera on her kitchen counter.

She'd dreamed of retiring in Malaysia for years. At 58, she packed up her life in New Zealand and went for it.

"It's just so nice to be able to meet up with people without having to worry about, 'Oh, my God, how much is this going to cost?'" Jill Tozer said.

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I visited the site of Tesla's LA diner before it opened. The building is already changing Hollywood's horizon.

Construction on Elon Musk's Tesla Diner seems to be close to completion. Here's an early look at the 1950s-inspired restaurant and EV charging station.

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We bought and renovated a laundromat for $125,000, not knowing much about the business. We don't make much money on it, but here's why it's still worth the investment.

Erin and Jon Carpenter bought a run-down laundromat in Charleston, South Carolina. It doesn't bring in much money, but they say it's well worth it.

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A couple who lives part-time in Bali spent $1.7 million building 2 luxury villas that they rent out for parties

Justin and Annabelle Parfitt spend half the year in Bali, where they built a $1.7 million compound and now run a short-term rental business.

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President Trump is pushing for the Great American Manufacturing Revival. Americans aren't interested.

In this Sunday edition of BI Today, we're talking about Trump's push to bring back manufacturing, and Americans' disinterest in it.

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A garden with archways and trees at the rectory.

I couldn't afford rent in Paris, so I moved in with 12 priests

I moved to Paris for college but my grant didn't cover rent. I found a room in a rectory with 12 priests and other students, and I loved it.

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Lisa Williams sitting in front of her travel trailer.

A boomer struggled on $1,764 monthly in Social Security until she moved into a trailer to work at America's parks: 'It literally saved me'

Lisa Williams, 64, couldn't afford her rising rent in Las Vegas, so she moved into a travel trailer and works at various national and state parks.

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