In one week, my sister will be moving back in with us.

She's joining us in Colorado so that she can do a little more traveling while having a safe place to store her stuff. She won't be with us full-time, as she mainly plans on using our home as a home base so that she can travel more. However, she will be with us some of the time and she will be paying rent for when she is actually with us.

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I'm excited to have her move back in. We've missed her, it will be nice to have our dog sitter back (I'm not going to lie, this will be amazing), and the little extra money will be nice.

While renting a room in your house most likely will not make you rich, it may earn you a good amount of side income. I know of a few people who rent out many rooms in their home and have been able to pay off their home completely due to this. [Read more…]