Whenever there is an expensive hobby or vehicle I want to buy, I always tell Lauren I can find a way to make money from it. When I wanted to buy a RV, I made the same deal with her.
We bought a 1991 Toyota Winnebago Itasca for $3500, never used it, and then sold it for a $2800 profit. This is the story of how we did it.
If you’re just getting started budgeting, here are 9 simple ways you can get started saving money.
1. Make coffee at home (we cold brew).
2. Buy generic medicine and food.
3. Borrow eBooks from the library.
4. Downgrade your internet speed.
5. “Pre-game” before going out to bars.
6. Sell one item on craigslist, right this minute.
7. Don’t speed (fuel economy and tickets)
8. Make your own household cleaners.
9. Shop the perimeter of the grocery store.
Have any more tips to share? Leave a comment below!
Parts and Build:
I bought an antique knife switch off eBay as a decoration. When I got it in the mail, I knew I wanted to make it actually work. ?But I needed to make it safe. ?So I used a solid state relay and a phone changer to wire everything together. ?You can watch the process in the video above. ?I got everything to fit inside of the light switch box, so I didn’t need to drill into the wall.
On our way back from Wisconsin, we stopped in Chicago. ?We got our oil changed in the city for $30 dollars, saving us on parking. ?But, they said we needed our brakes done and wanted to charge us $374 dollars for the job.
We decided to buy the parts online instead and do it ourselves. ?It saved us over $300 and it was a great opportunity to teach Lauren how to change her own brake pads.