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Back in my hometown for the weekend. They have such a lovely downtown, I just had to take a picture. I’m actually supposed to be in town for a dentist appointment (it got rescheduled but I wanted to tell this story).
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I have been living in San Diego for over 5 years now and I have gone to the dentist maybe 3 times in SD. Every time I tried to go, I ended up paying an arm and leg for a simple cleaning. And then they would tell me I need $3,000 worth of work.
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The first time I heard that I freaked out. I know I didn’t floss but 13 cavities?! I called my mom in a panic and she told me to get a second opinion. So I found another highly rated dentist and yep, I needed $2,500 worth of work.
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I just kept avoiding and avoiding until finally last month I went to my dentist in my hometown. My parents go to him and trust him. I have my cleaning they say I have 1 tiny cavity. $77.10 worth of work. 😳😮
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Uhhh excuse me? The dentists in San Diego? Total shams. I’m so glad I checked my resources and went with one I trust. The same could happen with any specialized professionals (doctors, auto repair, home repair, etc.) so always go with a trusted referral if possible!

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We have been purging our home of everything we don't use or need. There is a LOT!
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Since there is so much, I have been working in waves. Today was another day where I pulled stuff out to take pictures. And these are just my clothes. .
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Tomorrow will be a few hours of posting everything and hopefully we'll start getting the sales!
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One thing I have noticed with having so much posted is that posts go stale! After 4-6 weeks, depending on the item, your item will get buried below all the newer ones and you'll stop getting messages.
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In order to combat this, I completely repost the item. Changing the price won't bump you back up, so I make a new listing with a lower price and keep the old one just in case, and lower that price, too.
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What tricks have you found with cleaning out your home?

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Once a month, we will get the stats up to date all of our accounts (of which Nate has a lot, 11 to be exact). We combine everything into one lump sum to calculate our net worth.
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I will say it again and again, but this has been incredibly motivating for us to see our continued growth. Even if we feel we didn’t have a great month.
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Take October, we have been investing some money into the business so we weren’t able to save very much but we still increased our Net Worth by over $10,000! In just ONE MONTH!
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Oh, the power of passive income (capital gains, dividends, and rental income).
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Have you started tracking your net worth?💵📈

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Last week we discussed what impacts your credit score. Everything from your payment history to the number of accounts you have open.
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This week we want to highlight how I improved my score by 320 points in less than 3 years. And more specifically, how YOU CAN, TOO!
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Check out the link in our bio for this week's blog post!

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This past weekend we spent 4 days in Phoenix for Nate's friends' wedding. We ended up spending $328.52 on all expenses which was actually below our budget of $388.80!
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We ended up staying one additional night at the hotel so our hotel expenses were higher than expected as were our Ride Shares (as usual, I am just so bad at estimating those). But for food, we did great! Luckily, we were by a Walmart so we were able to stop in and pickup hot dogs and snacks so we can have Saturday Dinner and Sunday Lunch at the hotel. It was a much cheaper option than going out for both of those meals. And we got breakfast at the hotel, which is always a savings.
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Do you recap your vacations to see how much you spent in total?

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