| What are alternative lifestyles and why would they | | | | condos and apartments that most people call home. |
| require alternative housing? To answer the first part it | | | | Here are a few more of these housing options.- RV |
| is easiest to give examples. Then the answer to the | | | | Boondocking. I've talked to people living in Rvs that |
| second part becomes self evident.One winter we | | | | cost $200,000 and ones that cost $600, so the |
| were camping in our conversion van at a hot springs | | | | selection of accommodations is varied, to say the |
| area in Arizona. We met a man who sold stuffed | | | | least.- Permanent travelers. Housing is whatever |
| animals on the side of the highway. Having been | | | | works for the moment for those who work various |
| through a bad divorce, and having little money, he was | | | | jobs as the travel.- Houseboats. There are whole |
| living in the van at places like these hot springs. Every | | | | communities of people living on houseboats, and they |
| day he drove off to the nearest highways and set up | | | | usually don't have to pay property taxes.- Basements. |
| his stuffed animals for sale. He claimed to have sold | | | | Even some people with good incomes choose to live |
| $4,000 worth the first month, so his low cost living | | | | in the basement as they build the house above for |
| meant he could save the money and get back on his | | | | cash. No mortgage sounds nice, doesn't it?- Log cabin |
| feet.Meanwhile, another neighbor at the hot springs | | | | squatting. Yes, there really are people living out there in |
| was living in his old RV. He had a house, but he | | | | the national forests, moving when they get caught |
| preferred to supplement his social security by renting it | | | | every five or ten years.- School busses. Apparently |
| out. This meant he lived in his RV for a few weeks at | | | | old busses sell cheap. We met three young men who |
| each location, often for free, and spent evenings sitting | | | | lived in one in the deserts of Arizona, and anywhere |
| around campfires talking to travelers like us.A friend of | | | | else they could park it for a month.- Offices. A couple I |
| ours lived in a shack that he built for $3,000 on a small | | | | know almost moved into the office building they |
| piece of land he bought for $7,000. He was there for | | | | owned. It was on the river and had showers, so why |
| enough time to pay off the land and sell it for a profit. | | | | not? One less mortgage too.A national magazine |
| This is illegal in many areas, of course, because of | | | | recently did a write-up on people who lived in the |
| things like occupancy permits and minimum square | | | | jungles of Hawaii. Rents are high in Hawaii, and life on |
| footage requirements. Usually, however, you can camp | | | | the beach is good - at least for younger people who |
| on your land, so a $2,000 used RV parked on your | | | | can tolerate camping out for years. Alternative |
| land makes for a cheap and legal housing | | | | lifestyles and alternative housing are often more for |
| alternative.Other Housing For Alternative | | | | the younger crowd. Then again, tell that to the tens of |
| LifestylesAlternative lifestyle doesn't mean "low | | | | thousands of retirees living in RVs.Copyright Steve |
| income" of course. There are other reasons for living | | | | Gillman. Visit his website for: |
| differently and needing different types of housing. | | | | 1. A photo of a beautiful house he and his wife bought |
| Whether to save money, to travel, to live creatively - | | | | for $17,500. |
| there are many reasons why people choose to live in | | | | 2. A free book on how to save thousands buying |
| tents, RVs, cabins, underground homes, rental rooms | | | | your next home. |
| and anything else that's less common than the houses, | | | | 3. A free real estate investing course. |