I've been to 54 countries and have lived in 10. These 5 underrated places are worth the trip.

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Kate Boardman, a content creator that travels the world, in Guatemala.
Kate Boardman, a content creator who has traveled the world, in Guatemala.

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Inside Bill Gates' real estate portfolio, from a Seattle mansion to houses at some of the US's most exclusive clubs

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Bill Gates and Medina property
Bill Gates' first major real estate property was an expansive property on Lake Washington. He's since spent more than $100 million on homes across the country.

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The growing reason people can't afford to own a home

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Photo illustration looking at a house with money collaged.

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Inside the disastrous apartments of NYC men, exposed by a TikTok comedian

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A bare bedroom with four white walls and an unmade bed.
Jerome Peel's bedroom, as featured on the new show "Boy Room."

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I'm a New York real-estate agent who's not worried about losing guaranteed commission. Here's what I'm doing to replace those funds.

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Mukul Lalchandani is sitting and smiling in his living room.

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There's a conservative 'great migration' from blue states — and one place is the big winner

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Signs outside Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's office in West Columbia, South Carolina in February, 2024.

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Mortgage rates spike above 7% for the first time this year as the market adjusts to delayed Fed cuts

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Homebuyers signing a mortgage.
Homebuyers signing a mortgage.

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The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

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The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

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Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

A millennial who moved to Canada for the quality of life shares why he wants to go back to Texas — and why he regrets not waiting to relocate until later in life

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A millennial who moved from the South to Montreal says the quality of life is great but that he wants to return to his home state of Texas.

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Millennials may have an easier time buying homes in these 5 cities where boomers may actually give up their houses

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh is one of the cities where homeowners may be more likely to move and list their properties for sale.

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