Frugal Friday

I thought I would share something my husband and I did to live frugally for two years. We had only been married for a year, and were really wanting to buy a house. We looked around at some houses and found one we loved, but when we got the good faith estimate, we were surprised at what the payments would be. Even though we could have afforded them, it would have made things tight. We looked at the difference it would make to put 10% down on the house. We liked what we saw, so we started figuring out a way to save that money. We had an opportunity to move into an apartment complex and be the managers. In return, we would get to live there for free (including cable and water). It really was a difficult two years, but we were able to save 10% for our house and have a little extra left over. It was a creative way for us to live "frugally" and save for our house. We were incredible busy because we had to clean the apartments, repaint them, and do any maintenance on them. We were also in charge of collecting the rent and depositing it and showing empty apartments to rent them. In then end, we were able to buy a house just like the one we had first looked at!! God is good and does provide!! Head over to biblical womanhood to check out some more frugal ideas!