We left the Bay Area to care for my mother-in-law in the South of France. The visa was easy — everything else wasn't.

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Lin Koh in a lavender field.
Lin Koh.

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A man spent $61,000 to transform part of his backyard into a pub he could enjoy with friends and family

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Inside Stephen Hutyra's backyard pub.
Inside Stephen Hutyra's pub, which he built in his backyard.

Stephen Hutyra

I moved in with my girlfriend in London after only a few months of dating. I was terrified.

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boxes and furniture in new apartment
The author and his new partner moved in together in London.

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A couple bought a run-down RV park for $1.23 million and turned it into a boutique hotel

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A side-by-side of a couple smiling in a selfie in front of a lake and bedroom with windows that overlook the lake.
Robin Singh and Sharan Samra transformed an RV park into a boutique hotel.

Robin Singh and Sharan Samra

I fell in love with Taiwan on a layover. Six years later, I moved there.

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A woman posing with a mountain in the background.
Dom Jones first visited Taiwan during a layover and ended up moving there years later.

Courtesy of Dom Jones

We run our bakery out of shipping containers. It was an unexpectedly cost-effective solution to scaling our business.

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A man and a woman posing outside of a shipping container.
Chrissy and Ben Salif Traore began using shipping containers as their business expanded.

Nina Roberts

See the cities where mega-investors own the most single-family homes

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An aerial view of single-family homes in Miami, Florida.
Institutional investors own a larger share of single-family rentals in southern and Sun Belt cities than elsewhere in the country.

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How banning big investors from buying homes could affect prices

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Recently completed homes at the Judson Ranch Project in Redlands, CA.
Mega landlords own a higher share of single-family homes in a handful of big Sun Belt cities.

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I've spent 5 years living in a tiny home and 2 years in a camper van. Here's how they compare — and which is my favorite.

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Author Amber McDaniel sitting in chair in tiny. home with cup of coffee, smiling
Trading living in a van for residing in a 400-square-foot tiny house didn't solve everything, but it finally gave us what the road couldn't.

Amber McDaniel

I'm 66 and have roommates. It helps me make extra money and pay off my home.

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A woman on the left, and a living room on the right.
Darlene McCord-Ochoa helps pay her mortgage by renting out rooms in her home.

Courtesy of Darlene McCord-Ochoa

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