Good morning. Where you live, what you own and what you pay for it are all under pressure right now — and today's stories show just how fast the rules can change.

On The Money Today:

  • This Florida RV park rule could wipe out your retirement investment

  • They moved abroad to escape the cost of living. Now they can't afford to come back

  • Maryland's new surveillance pricing ban could change what you pay at the grocery store

Let's get into it.

Dave and Beth Cole bought their mobile home expecting to sell it one day. Now a new park rule says they can't — and they're not alone. Forty-four residents say they'll walk away with nothing, and the rule that trapped them is perfectly legal.

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Bradford lost his job, so he and his family sold their home and moved to Colombia for a year. Seven years later, they're earning $120,000 and still living paycheck to paycheck — with just $1,500 in savings. With costs back home only climbing, they can't afford to return. Read their story before you make the same mistake.

Retailers are already using your search history, location and personal data to quietly charge you more than the person standing next to you. Maryland is about to become the first state to fight back — but the bill that could protect you is narrower than it sounds, and Walmart is moving fast in the other direction.

MONEY IQ

How many Walmart stores will have electronic shelf labels by end of 2026?

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ALSO MAKING THE ROUNDS TODAY

NEWS: Trump's economic approval has cratered to 30% — and the one number that could save Republicans is hiding in plain sight. When political pressure eases, your grocery bill often follows

LIFE: One Omaha restaurant owner paid $188K in delivery app fees last year — and finally decided enough was enough. The fees driving him out are the same ones quietly raising your takeout prices

REAL ESTATE: Some U.S. cities are offering free land, $10,000 cash and dinner with the mayor just to get you to move there. Would you move?

RETIREMENT: She's 67 and ready to retire — then her daughter announced plans that could derail everything. If you're nearing retirement, her story is one worth reading

MONEY IQ ANSWER

D) 4,611. Walmart is rolling out electronic shelf labels across all 4,611 U.S. stores by end of 2026 — allowing prices to be updated instantly at the press of a button. It's exactly the kind of technology Maryland's new surveillance pricing ban is pushing back against.

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Today’s newsletter was written by Shirley Sze and edited by Rudro Chakrabarti. Stories by Rebecca Payne, Em Norton, Mike Crisolago, Laura Grande, Becky Robertson and Vawn Himmelsbach.

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