My dad signed a three-bedroom apartment in an elite neighborhood in my home country to me.

inherited some mineral rights from my husband, who inherited them from his father. Once in awhile I would get $40 or so from one of these properties (none of the rights involved large percentages of the pooled rights). Then one day I got paperwork in the mail to sign and had to return paperwork to prove I was who I said I was, followed by a check for $13k. I didn't have much money at the time and desperately needed a new roof, so that went to pay for re-roofing. It was a few years' accumulated royalties from a new well on the property.
It later turned out someone else owned the original deed--this was a case where the rights were sold in the 50s (for $1) and it was standard to use initials and last name. My FIL was in the oil business his entire life, although he moved to a different region where his activities also moved (due to new oilfields discovered a few years later). There was no actual well until the 80s, the outfit drilling tracked him down, he signed paperwork attesting to himself as the proper owner, and received a photocopy of the deed. The person with the original died in the last few years and his daughter found the deed and gets the royalties now. I did not have to pay back the money I received.

Anonymous wrote:a hug from one of my favorite humans

❤️

Renovated bathroom for $3k My contractor needed to make payroll on a holiday week before he started a major reno project. Did my own demo.

a hug from one of my favorite humans

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Anonymous wrote:Yurana Designs Christmas tree wine glass. Thank you for putting it outside.

just one?

Yes, but we went on to buy two more.

A honeymoon

I got $400 for letting these guys bury Jimmy Hoffa in my back yard.

Ticket to Elvis concert in Hawaii

concert photo op with one of my favorite bands

Anonymous wrote:The best parents ever. They made sure to tell me every day they loved me and gave lots of hugs. Even when I was completely unlovable as a teen. They never ever made me feel like I was a burden or inconvenience. I have tried to do the same with my kids but I sometimes fail. No possession could ever come close. I just wish my mom was still alive so I could tell her that she was a gift!

This is beautiful. Thank you, pp, for sharing this.

Anonymous wrote:A library card.

+1
My world has expanded so much thanks to my library card.

My dog!! Has brought the most amount of peace and joy to my life. Wasn’t totally free, but almost. Bang for the buck: immense.

The best parents ever. They made sure to tell me every day they loved me and gave lots of hugs. Even when I was completely unlovable as a teen. They never ever made me feel like I was a burden or inconvenience. I have tried to do the same with my kids but I sometimes fail. No possession could ever come close. I just wish my mom was still alive so I could tell her that she was a gift!

I’ve gotten about $2K of stuff from my Buy Nothing group. Nice desks, really nice dressers, lululemon, nespresso, high end designer clothes. Lots of nice stuff. I also give away nice stuff that I not longer use.