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.