I live with my 4 kids, husband, and aunt in a 2-bedroom apartment in LA. We can't find a bigger place, so we make it work.

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The author, left, redecorated her crowded LA apartment.

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It took an Austin developer 4 years to build 4 small homes that he made no money on as the city struggles to bridge the gap between tiny apartments and pricy houses

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One of four smaller homes built on a single lot (right), adjacent to a 5-bedroom single-family home on a similar lot in Austin, Texas.
A five-bedroom single-family home, left, and one of four smaller homes built on a similar lot in Austin.

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The exclusive island where people keep giving away homes for free — even though the typical house costs $3.6 million

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Nantucket Island shoreline with classic seaside homes
Dozens of homes are physically moved each year on Nantucket, an island off the coast of Massachusetts known for well-heeled homeowners.

J. Greg Hinson, MD, www.ackdoc.com

Interior designers share 5 bathroom trends that will be in this spring and 2 that will be out

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Bathroom with wooden paneled wall next to white tub, deep-green tiles with shelving along wall, and a marble sink
Interior designers shared the bathroom trends that will be popular and those that could fade away this spring.

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I profited $1.4 million last year as an Airbnb Superhost. Here's how I'm using real estate to achieve financial freedom.

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Syed Lateef runs his Airbnb business in Chicago.

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If you want a high-paying job and a more affordable house, move to the Rockies or the South

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A rock arch illuminated by orange sunlight.
Arches National Park in Utah.

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I'm no longer embarrassed to have roommates at 37. Splitting rent hasn't even been the best part.

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Cat and her two male roommates smile for a picture while enjoying dinner around a table.
I decided to move in with two roommates at 37.

Cat Thompson

The 12 top cities in the US where everyone is moving

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The Villages, Florida
The Villages, Florida.

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I spent a night in one of the empty apartments in Malaysia's $100 billion ghost town, and I can see why very few people want to live there

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a block of apartments in forest city
The author stayed in one of the condominiums in Forest City, a development that cost $100 billion to build.

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I was a renter. Then I bought my house from my landlord for $210,000.

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A man and his daughter posing for a picture on a bench in the woods.
Dom Guerra was renting a two-bedroom home in Ohio until it bought it himself.

Courtesy of Dom Guerra.

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