I pay $1,550 in rent and spent nearly $14,000 renovating my NYC apartment. Before and after photos show why it was worth it.

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Joe Yatco; the bar and bookshelf he designed in his apartment
Joe Yatco (left) and the renovated bar in his apartment (right).

Arnav Somani; Joe Yatco

We should all have the confidence of WeWork's bankruptcy announcement

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WeWork sign and Stuart Smalley
WeWork, like Stuart Smalley, believes it's good enough, smart enough, and doggone it people like it.

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Baby boomers shocked Gen Z and millennials by revealing what they paid for their first apartments

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Houses with a 'for rent' sign in front of them
People were shocked by how cheap the baby boomers said their rents were.

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Homebuyers in Santa Fe shelling out more than $1 million will have to pay a new 'mansion tax'

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Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.
Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.

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We moved to Mexico from Texas and have never been happier. We're saving $2,000 a month and can even afford to go to the dentist.

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Spencer (left) and Braelyn Stone (right) in Mérida, Mexico.
Spencer (left) and Braelyn Stone (right) moved to Mérida, Mexico in 2022.

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A California native recently moved to a Kentucky city with 26,000 residents. She's able to live a much more fulfilling life closer to family at a much lower cost.

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A. Duvall recently moved from San Diego County to Paducah, Kentucky, a city of about 26,000.
A. Duvall recently moved from San Diego County to Paducah, Kentucky, a city of about 26,000.

JT Crawford

The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down

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The Airbnb logo transforms into simple line drawing of a house with two windows and a front door
A new study found that an Airbnb ban in Irvine, California lead to rent price decreases.

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An Airbnb 'tenant from hell' who stayed at a California rental for 570 days without paying has finally left the property

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Aleksandar Jovanovic, a Airbnb landlord, stands on the deck of his Los Angeles home.
Aleksandar Jovanovic, a Airbnb landlord, stands on the deck of his Los Angeles home.

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We became homesteaders now instead of waiting for retirement. We wanted to live our dream, even though our car is always dirty and it's 90 minutes to the nearest mall.

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A family posing in front of pine trees.
The Anderson family moved from Raleigh, North Carolina to the mountains of Virginia in 2021.

Brooke Anderson.

The rise of the McMansion: 11 charts show just how much bigger and fancier American houses have gotten since the 1970s

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An overview of a neighborhood with a modern home.
New homes are larger and fancier than ever before.

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