Spend less on the things you barely use.
Add up what is sitting in a typical garage and you get a few thousand dollars of equipment that runs a handful of hours a year. We do the arithmetic on that: cost per use, rent versus buy versus share, and what actually happens when four households split one expensive thing.
$3,433 saved12 things your street should own once, not twelve times
Six households, one of each: $4,120 of equipment turns into $687 a head. Here's the list, the math, and how to get the first three neighbors to say yes.
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Reading about it is cheaper than buying another one.
Put the thing you rarely use on AllDibs, send the link to the people who need it too, and let credits keep the calendar fair.
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