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Been keeping my bathrooms spotless for pennies since 2017.
Strategic Appliance Maintenance
Instead of waiting for things to break, Stan schedules regular HVAC check-ups.
Twenty dollars worth of filters every month saves me hundreds down the road, he explained.
He spent about $200 initially on LED bulbs.
My electric billdropped almost forty dollars that first month.
Done paid for itself many times over.
Paint and Caulk
Stan keeps a steady supply of basic white paint and caulk in his garage.
Moment you see a crack or a peel, thats when you fix it, he said.
Wait too long and next thing you know, youre paying thousands for water damage.
Sometimes its weatherstripping, sometimes its WD-40, he explained.
But I … never let small problems turn into big ones.
Thats how you keep a house running on Social Security.
As Stan put it: Everybody wants to tell you how to save money by spending it.
Thats about maintaining what you already have.
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