We dreamed of owning a vacation home in the Pacific Northwest. Houses were too expensive, so we bought land and a trailer.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
Author Sally Marks and Carol smiling with tent in background
In front of outdoor kitchen

Sally Marks

How to fix your open floor plan if it isn't practical for your life, according to interior designers

Tech Insider : Business, Style
An open concept living room with a white couch and brown table.
Business Insider spoke to interior designers about how to break up open floor plans.

Havenly

A 59-year-old downsized to a tiny home on wheels to shrink her housing costs while helping care for her parents

Tech Insider : Business
Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo
Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo

Courtesy of Julie Lennox

We moved to our dream town in Colorado 8 years ago. Life in the mountains isn't nearly as idyllic as we expected.

Tech Insider : Business
Author Becki Rupp standing with man smiling with mountains in distance
We sold our house in the Denver suburbs and moved to a more rural mountain town nearly a decade ago. Life's been good, but it's come with challenges.

Becki Rupp

The old 'buy vs. rent' rule is officially dead. We break it down.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Katie Notopoulos and others speak on Business Insider's new vodcast
Katie Notopoulos is joined by correspondent Emily Stewart and Zillow's Amanda Pendleton for the new "Well Spent" vodcast from Business Insider.

Business Insider

My wife's job has us moving to a new state every few months. It's really tough, but I've found ways to make it work.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Author Luke Macy and wife Emma smiling in front of water,
We move every few months for my wife's job, and it's not always easy.

Luke Macy

Dealing with chronic illness in the US was depressing. Since moving to Portugal, I feel healthier overall — and I'm saving money.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Travel
A woman posing in front of a body of water.
Christina Kantzavelos left California and settled in Portugal.

Courtesy of Christina Kantzavelos.

I was laid off at 37 and decided to downsize. Building my own tiny house led me to start a handyman business.

Tech Insider : Business
A woman standing on a truck hauling a tiny home.
Melanie Copeland with her 144ft tiny home.

Courtesy of Melanie Copeland

The 10 best and 10 worst states for finding a job right now

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Workforce walking
Jobs are in high demand. Here are the areas where you're more likely to find them.

Ezra Bailey/Getty Images

Here's the pitch deck that Pacaso, a luxury vacation home startup, used to crowdfund $72 million from 17,500 investors

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Pacaso was founded by Zillow co-founder CEO Spencer Rascoff and Austin Allison, former CEO of dotloop
Pacaso was founded by Zillow co-founder CEO Spencer Rascoff (left) and Austin Allison, former CEO of dotloop.

Pacaso

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