Timing is everything. At a time when we need to keep our bills as low as possible, our rent payments are going up by $150 a month. With no clue as to what the future will bring, signing a new year's lease is not wise anyway. Not signing and just waiting it out, doubles our rent to almost $3600 a month to stay here with out a year long lease.
So, we are moving.
As we look to move again, the question of where is almost impossible to answer. Knowing that unemployment will not cover ANY monthly rent payments in this area, we are in a conundrum. With two girls in school and one working, moving to a random anywhere doesn't make much sense, either.
So, the question is do we take the small severance check and bank it for 'what ifs'? Or, should we look into buying a cheap, and I do mean CHEAP, camping trailer to park in the local RV park?
Staying there is only $535 a month, leaving a bit of money for food and gas.
It seems to be a better option than four people living in a pickup truck.
There are some pretty nice trailers out there.
This one comes with a washer and dryer, bedrooms and even a garage.
But, what we can afford is not so great...
Still, when the choice is walls and beds or homelessness, we should consider ourselves lucky we still have choices we can make.
Not everyone is as fortunate as us.
