Best Money Tips: How to Choose the Right Fixer-Upper

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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found articles on how to choose the right fixer-upper, tips to start a simple vegetable and herb garden, and cities where you can live abroad in luxury without breaking the bank.

Top 5 Articles

Considering a Fixer-Upper? 15 Ways to Avoid a Money Pit — Buying a fixer-upper to remodel can help you save a good chunk of change, but it can also turn into a money pit of you choose the wrong house. [Money Talks News]

Starting a Simple Vegetable and Herb Garden — No matter where you live and what you choose to plants, the basic steps for starting a simple garden are the same. [The Simple Dollar]

7 International Cities Where You Could Live in Luxury Without Breaking the Bank — Consider moving to one of these international cities if you want to live like royalty for next to nothing. [UrbanDaddy]

9 Ways You Can Go on a Cruise While Barely Spending a Dime on Board — Your boarding pass usually includes free meals, certain room service items, and on some ships, free pizza and soft serve ice cream, but do a little digging to find out what else you can get at no additional cost. [PopSugar Smart Living]

10 Tips for Taking Your Kids Out to Eat — If you're at a sit-down restaurant, order the little kids' food right away. They'll be in a better mood, the food will have time to cool, and slow eaters will have time to, you know, eat. [The Art of Manliness]

Other Essential Reading

Investing for Financial Success — Join Experian's #CreditChat tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET for a discussion on ways to invest for financial success. [Experian]

9 Tips You Can Use When Talking With Your Doctor — Follow these tips to improve your communications with your doctor and build a strong, trust-based relationship with them. [Dumb Little Man]

A return to the 1990s? Why outlook brightens for lower-wage workers. — When a booming economy creates a shortage of workers, companies will have to pay more to fill jobs. [The Christian Science Monitor]

The Value of Fasting (from Anything). And How to Get Started. — You can increase your self-control by giving up one external controlling factor for a period of time. [Becoming Minimalist]

Decluttering Mental and Emotional Clutter — Mental and emotional clutter can bog you down as much as physical clutter does. Learn how to let go of what doesn't serve you any longer. [A Mess Free Life]