I'm in the middle of figuring out how to do this right now! I've been thinking about it for months but I've made up my mind now and have realized that there is more to life than trying to maintain the kind of lifestyle that many other people think is how you should live.
At one point, I was working 3 jobs to be able to pay just regular bills (mortgage, homeowner dues, car, insurance, 2 credit cards, electric and internet/cable). The debt that I have is "normal" and my spending is not frivolous. The problem is that my take home pay isn't enough to cover these bills. I work in a great profession, in a secure position with a large company that I have been with for over 10 years. Our pay raises are on a set schedule which amounts to about .25-.50 more per hour about every 6 months. That is not enough to keep up with the basic yearly cost of living increase.
Since my income is less than my bills, I’ve juggled them for about 5 years and have finally decided enough is enough and I’m going to sell everything that I own and move to the big island of Hawaii to start my own internet store selling pet products that I will make out of all organic materials from the island as well as fabrics and materials with a tropical flair!
The big island of Hawaii definitely has a big volcano on it and I do not intend to live in the lava flow areas but, the surrounding land is so gorgeous and lush and since I’m originally from Hawaii I’ve always dreamed of living there again.
I don’t have much money for this move (just what is in my 401k (not much at all), whatever money I make selling all of the stuff that I just don’t need and I have also decided to use up as much of my craft and fabric supplies as well as some things that I am making or already have made that I can to help fund my move.
In the end of this, I will be living in a place that I have everything that I need, I will not have a mortgage, and I will live in an environment that I love to be in!
I would love to find someone who is interested in doing the same thing as I am who could help me put up the tiny house (going to go with something like a one car garage with a sleeping loft). Since I do not have the funds to hire someone to put it together for me, I am looking for someone who would be willing to help me put my cottage up. In return, they can put up another cottage for themselves on my land (with their funds) and could 1) Live in the cottage themselves for X amount of time until the labor is paid off. 2) Rent the cottage out and we could split the rent money until the labor is paid off. 3) Use it as a vacation spot for their personal use. 4) I am 100% open to any other suggestions if someone is interested in helping out but none of the options that I have thought of work for them.
It would be a great opportunity for someone who is out of work right now and would love to have something like this to work on while having a vacation at the same time, who wants to change the lifestyle they’re in now, who wants to get away from it all, whatever.
Is anyone here interested in this situation? I thought the best place to start posting about this would be at the forums that I use every day because it would be the first thing that I would have in common with who just might be my possible new neighbor some day.
I’m going to do this by mid July….If you are interested or if you have any suggestions or referrals, please send me an email or PM.
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