Shacking Up In A Dirt Cheap Home....

[taoist]

Shacking Up In A Dirt Cheap Home

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Housing prices are sky high in many parts of the country but there are some places that are still dirt cheap -- if you don't mind the dirt.
That's the straight dirt from Phil Garlington, author of "Rancho Costa Nada: The Dirt Cheap Desert Homestead" (Loompanics) which instructs on how to live the back-to-nature lifestyle.

Garlington spends about 9 months of the year in a shack he built in the desert near Blythe, California, for less than $600, including land and lumber which he salvaged.

He calls his humble abode "Rancho Costa Nada" and insists he has all the comforts of home, including a camp stove, bed and shower.

Garlington spends his days reading books and watching used videos he buys at garage sales, but he says it's not an idyllic existence.

The single Garlington says not many women are willing to take showers with a garden hose on a regular basis.


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[freelancc]

another sad case of poor money management..:nono: :nono:

 

[marine]

the really sad part is that it is peolpe like this guy who live like this that in actuality have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollar tucked away in bank or in old coins and what not and are afraid to spend it.

My great uncle lived in an old farmhouse that had 2 light bulbs, a pump for water outside, and outhouse, and a wood stove for heat. His cupboards normally contained 2 or 3 cans of soup and a box of crackers.

When he died and everyone cleaned his place out, we uncovered CHESTS full of old coins, stock papers, bonds, deeds to about 500 acres of farmland, jewels, and countless other items of high value.

It was estimated he had well over $400,000 sitting in the house when he died.