After a contractor quoted them $63,000, a woman and her husband built her mom a tiny home for half the cost

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A white tiny home with a wreath on the front door.
Yeli Heidecker and her family built a tiny home for her mom.

Yeli Heidecker

I struggled to afford rent, so I built myself a tiny house. At 56, I moved in, and I'm finally a homeowner.

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the author sitting on the deck of her tiny house
The author is living in her tiny house in her 50s.

Courtesy of Rasa Pescud: Living Big in a Tiny House

A family spent $69,000 turning their garage into an apartment so their son could live rent-free while launching his startup

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Three people in front of a green apartment with a red door.
The Starmer family turned their garage into a small apartment.

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I started a 'mommune' with another single mom. We're 'soul sisters' raising 6 kids and 6 cats in the same house.

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Samantha Salem and Jess Rodenburg share a meal in a diner
Samantha Salem, 37, and Jess Rodenburg, 38, have formed a Kansas City 'mommume' with their six kids.

Courtesy of Samantha Salem

People who live on cruise ships full time share how they do it: 'It's not just for retired people'

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Ryan Gutridge, Christine Kesteloo, and Jack Nolan
From left: Ryan Gutridge, Christine Kesteloo, and Jack Nolan all have lived on a cruise ship full time.

courtesy of Ryan Gutridge/Christine Kesteloo/Jack Nolan

My corporate job and big-city life made me feel anxious and drained, so I left it all behind to move to a remote cottage in the woods

Tech Insider : Travel
Taylor Yates, rural cottage in the woods covered in snow.
The more time I spend here, the less I want to return to the city.

Taylor Yates

A 'ferry house' made famous by Charles Dickens was converted into a 4-bedroom home with a private mooring. Now it's on the market for $2.8 million.

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ferry house
The exterior of the ferry house on the River Thames.

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