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https://syntheticbilingual.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-live-in-mobile-home-and-its-great.html By  STEPH MICKELSON published   JAN 26, 2022 Source:  https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/pros-cons-of-mobile-homes-37027489?fbclid=IwAR1PDHKRZGcKzoyjHfyaH7zWEOqyCB7FWHFL-kqHmcQqt80uQlyYoFMcHzM (Vui lòng xem bản dịch tiếng Việt bên dưới) When my husband and I moved to Wisconsin, my in-laws owned a  mobile home  that they graciously offered to us rent-free. We were in the midst of  paying off our debt , so the plan went like this: Work like crazy to pay off the debt, save like crazy to build up our emergency fund, save up for a down payment, buy a house. After  building our emergency fund , we found out we were pregnant and decided that my husband would stay home after our son was born while I continued to teach. That meant going down to one income, so we put our home buying plans on hold (while continuing to save at a snail’s pace), and decided to stay wh...

https://syntheticbilingual.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-italys-one-euro-homes-are-helping.html By  SILVIA MARCHETTI ROME, 31. DEC 2021, 09:21 Source:  https://euobserver.com/news/153969?fbclid=IwAR0E0WPuhk4hpj-HZyeFOAWQPEo3IvJrr5Tn9fWVfagikmhWhp7hOgKL7Gg (Vui lòng xem bản dịch tiếng Việt bên dưới) In recent years, dozens of depopulating rural towns across Italy - from the Alps to Sicily - have started selling crumbly old properties for just one euro, less than the cost of an espresso. The goal is to breathe new life into their dying communities and revamp the local economy. As villagers flee in search of a brighter future elsewhere there is a reverse incoming trend of foreign buyers eager to replace them and help revive these sleepy places. Roughly 60 towns and villages have launched the alluring one-euro-home scheme, and even though there is no official national data on how many houses have been sold, at local level mayors involved in the project say it has been a success....