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