We bought a $630,000 house and moved my mom into the basement apartment. It's helped us care for her and build wealth.

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Juli Ford lives in a multigenerational house with her family.

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Buying an apartment seemed my best option. Visiting a tiny home village showed me another way to live.

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I went to a kids' Pokémon event. I expected child's play, but got a trading floor.

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Edi, a 9-year-old Pokémon fan, told me a single card could be as valuable as a house. He was right.

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Older divorced women priced out of housing are finding a lifeline in tiny home villages

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Minitopia's largest site is in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

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I built an AI tool to mimic my work. It's helped create passive income from my solo business.

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Julia Starr vibe coded an app using the platform Lovable.

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I became a single mom and needed to rent a house in one of the most expensive zip codes in the US. My parents moved in to help.

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Vanessa Gordon and family sitting a couch in the living room
Vanessa Gordon lives under one roof with her multigenerational family in East Hampton, an expensive neighborhood in New York.

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This essay is part of The New American Home, a series that examines multigenerational houses.

'Little business people': How Pokémon turned kids into dealmakers

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New York City's Bleecker Trading is a hot spot for Pokémon collectors of all ages looking to build portfolios. With card values on the rise, Pokémon cards have become an alternative asset class.

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We asked 12 gig workers how much they made in 2025. The answers varied wildly.

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Gig workers and the companies that pay them often talk about earnings in hourly terms.

That doesn't tell the full story, though.

The newest prediction markets guru is a middle schooler in braces

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Eli Goldfine

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When Eli Goldfine messaged me on X, I thought it was a joke.

He said he wanted to help me with my prediction markets beat. "Prediction markets, AI, the universe. 13yo," his bio read. I didn't immediately spot the statistics reference in his username, @realTomBayes. When I asked him who he was, he replied: "My name's Eli, I am legit 13 years old."

I'm a 64-year-old retiree who bought a tiny home after my divorce. It gave me a fresh start I could afford.

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Margot Hollander
Margot Hollander

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