When cash is short, think barter

There are many environments and neighborhoods where bartering is a part of life. This consists of establishing a value for something and exchanging with someone something determined to be of equal value. This may be housesitting in return for legal services, or jam in return for a haircut. There are a number of things for which we have no alternative but to use cash; but there are countless others where we may be able to barter. So keep an open mind to it...