What to do if your about to become homeless.

 

Here is an article about elderly people who are about to become homeless. Go here for for full article.  On the East Coast of the United States an older retired lady will lose her apartment to a new owner who will remodel the apartment and raise the rent higher than she can afford. Her rent now is 850 dollars a month. 

The current owner sold to a new owner and the new owner will remodel and according to the news article raise the rent double or triple her current rent. She is being kicked out and has no where to go as the rents in her area are out of her budget.

This is a sad situation that is more common to read about everyday in America. More and more people are being made homeless because of sky rocketing rents across North America.

She is being given a short time to leave and it may not really be enough for her to readjust to moving in her home town much less across the country or a new country in which she can afford. Also she id older and doesn't have much saving to pack and move her stuff and have money for first and last months rent.

If I were in her situation I would not pay the last few months rent before getting kicked out and use the money to start a new life somewhere cheaper, like Mexico. Most of North America has pretty high rents that many people cant really afford and as Mexico is nearby and easy to get a tourist visa or resident visa that's where I would plan to go. 

I would start by getting over the emotional issue of moving my stuff from one country to another or one state to another, so I would sell off all my stuff and put the cash in the bank that's attached to an ATM card and use the saved money for my new life in Mexico. Most people cant make that emotional adjustment so if you can you get the advantage.

Next I would go online and set up an appointment with this lady. She has a service where you can pay her as little as 15 dollars for 15 minutes and she will give you the lowdown on hot to rent a one bedroom or two for 250 USD and up or a studio for 175.00 to 200 USD per month. She can also suggest professionals you can hire to get a residency visa and real estate professionals if you want to buy or rent and advise on who to buy fixer uppers for 25K to 35K. 

She can save you so much time and money you can basically move into her part of Mexico on the beach, Huatulco for less than 2500 all in even cheaper. She can introduce you to all the other retired expats and help you readjust to your new lifestyle their. It would be my answer to being homeless in North America. Of course if you don't like the beach there are colonial towns up in the mountains that are just as cheap.

If you don't like Mexico there are other countries to, or you can just move to a low cost place in the States but even small towns rents are high.

After I got settled in I would look to supplement my income by starting a side business or working online to increase my saving and that will increase your options for the future. 

Bugging out before your homeless and looking for low cost of living arrangements are what I would do as the alternative to being homeless in North America.

How to prepare for being homeless.

 How to prepare and plan for being homeless.

This post is about how to make plans if your about to be homeless and how to deal with it if you think it will happen. 

If your about to become homeless they first thing to do is plan for it even though you will think it will not happen. The more you plan for it the less likely it will happen at least that's what I think. 

The first think to to make sure you have a bank account even two if its possible with at least some money in it. The second thing to consider is to make sure it is set up with a PayPal account. The reason for this is because you can get paid and or pay other people with the account. Most government assistance requires a bank account nowadays, the days of getting a check are less and less. Its even the same with day labour type temp jobs. So make sure you have at least one or two bank accounts with ATM cards set up so you can get money either through family friends or a job you do or any online you may do at the library.

I would also buy a secret pocket you can sew into your pants something like this or this. You will need a secret place to hide cash, all links are affiliates.

The next thing is a backpack. I suggest a small one and don't put to much stuff in it. Have something that can accommodate a small laptop or tablet, you will need these for your online accounts to send and receive money and to get your benefits.

I suggest only one change of clothes and toiletries. You will want to travel light. I am in the desert area (Phoenix) Some will suggest a tent, I don't but if you have the sash a bivy sack or sleeping bag. Something cheap will work but the more expensive ones are light weight and work better and can help you keep a low profile from people who might do you harm.

You will need a all purpose tool and small cooking stove and the gas canisters that go with it. Small gas canisters go for 2 for 6.00 bucks or less at Walmart. You will need a small cooking container to cook stuff and I suggest you keep it small lightweight and low profile. I prefer to cook and sleep in the desert than say a shelter but you may need to go their from time to time to get food.  

A good recourse for help is your local library. You can use to to get free online internet, free recourses for any benefits you may qualify for and help in general. You can use the bathrooms get water ask the librarian for help in ideas on what government programs you can apply for to get any kind of aid that's available. 

The biggest thing you will need to survive homelessness is mindset.  You will need a positive mindset to survive the depression your about to encounter. You will need a positive mindset to find safe places to sleep and to avoid predator's out their who will harm you.

If your a woman you can get shelter in a homeless shelter. Many shelter's are open to only women. Many churches provide shelter for showers and or food so look up those places, you can find that data from your local librarian or by going online and searching for it.

I would avoid homeless encampments. There are many criminals and police who will harass  you and steal and hurt from you, avoid those areas.

I would sell off whatever I had for cash before I became homeless you will need all the cash you can get, also try to get set up at a blood bank before your homeless to sell your blood platelets, you can earn enough from that to provide for all your food needs without working directly.

If you can have a website or social media set up before you become homeless. I hate to say it but you need to lose all shame and advertise your situation and ask for help, its easy for people to send you donations with PayPal. I even see people with YouTube channels making videos about their homeless lifestyles and getting either add revenue or donations or both, you can get it paid right into your bank account. So have those options set up before the poop hits the fan.

The first night will be the hardest. Try to find a place where you can hide and not be disturbed. Try to find a place where you can cook or heat up a can of food from the dollar store. Make sure you have water to stay hydrated and a cup to pour water into to take a sponge bath and have baby wipes to keep clean and rubbings alcohol to keep clean to. Keeping clean and clean shaven will increase the odds of getting day labour type jobs for either cash or paid through the ATM at day labour type places in big cities.

During your day you will need to keep busy by either working online or asking for work or you will go crazy. 

There are so many things I'm forgetting but these are the basics to help you prepare for homelessness. 

The most important things are having an idea where you will camp before this happens, having cash in a safe area and in your bank account tied to an ATM card and PayPal. The other thing is to get some kind of monthly income through government assistance or some online gig even if its only a few hundred bucks. There are so many ways to make fifty to a hundred bucks nowadays online the world is your oyster. 

One more thing, make sure to have multiple IDs hidden away, for example a drivers license and or passport card so you have ID to get on a bus or airplane or even passport to avoid harassments from police and or to dip down to Mexico for a lower cost of living once you get you income up to a decent level like 500 to 1k.

Its tough to exist in America without ID but at least in Mexico you don't really need it much.

I mention Mexico because I see so many people down their homeless who are North Americans somehow they survive.

Good Luck

 Decentralization is here and changing the world fast.

The world is changing fast than I can adjust to the new technology that's coming online on a daily basis.

Bitcoin and new Etherium and other social tokens are changing how we live work and play. Now we can live anywhere we want in the world and trade do business and don't even need banks like we used to. Now I can buy sell or trade BTC or ETH or stable coins like USDC and pay all my bills and expenses in most parts of the world.

For example, I just read about an APP you can use in Brazil to order almost any grocery item and have it delivered to your home and all can be paid for via cryptocurrency. The difference between this APP and others is this company has a warehouse-like Amazon and the guy who delivers doesn't have to do the actual shopping like other APPS.  This company is also starting the same business in Mexico so now there are more companies like Amazon to compete and bring us products and services cheaper.

Another example of how the world is decentralizing is now we can put most or all of our assets online, via banking or brokering on our laptop. I can pay all my bills electronically all without having to mail a letter and in my case all free. So now we are not stuck going to a bank to pay for stuff or living in one location we don't like. We can now put all our books on an APP like Amazon Kindle and take it with us anywhere we want to go. We can buy BTC or Bitcoin and put it in our online wallet and leave to live anywhere in the world where we see opportunity and don't have to live in places where there is no opportunity or where taxes are high or the cost of living is high or burdensome regulations stop us from creating wealth.

We can now start an online business and liver where rents are cheap like in a small town or foreign country where our food and rent costs are low and the weather is nice and maybe better places for dating mating and making new friends.

We are not stuck in small towns or big cities where we don't like living. We are now seeing migration from the third world to the first and the first world to the third world. People are going to wherever they see an opportunity for a better life.

Of course, this will be a great disruption and many people may not be able to adjust to this new world.  I think in the next ten years our world will be a much better place than now.