If we really think about survival, we can usually figure things out.
I think the thing is, that most people just don't look around to see what you have to bargain with. Yep. I am talking about bartering and trading. Sometimes, that is one of the easiest ways, to get things done, when there is no cash to be paid up front. Now, this method does not always work in todays world, but..there are still people and places that are more than willing to barter and trade.
I needed a mobile home moved, but not a lot of cash, to get the job done. My travel trailer was sitting there, and yes, that is where i am currenly living. The mover, whom i will not name at this point, was more than happy to make a trade on most of the moving charges. And, he is letting the travel trailer stay here, until the mobile home, is ready to move in to. The mobile home itself, was free. We just had to do some repair work on it. A lot of those materials, were donated. Other materials, we shopped around for the best bargains, and some of the materials, people had thrown away.
Now, i do not go out and buy expensive furnishings for my home. I am assuming that you probably don't either, since you are reading this. Most of mine, were donated by members of the community. Given by my sister and brother in law. And still other peices were simply thrown away. We did pick up a few peices at garage sales, and other places, but we did not pay a lot of money for them. We took our time, and looked for the peices that would work out best.
My niece, brother in law, sister, and myself, have worked on the mobile home, getting it ready to move in to. We re-floored the entire mobile home. No, we didn't rip out the floor first, we simply went right over the top of the whole thing. Added doors, since it seemed to be missing them. Patched holes. Replaced the entire bathroom floor, not much choice there. But we have done it all within a couple of months. Now, to get the electricity run over there. Again, we were running short on cash. My sister suggested selling our chickens, so we ran ads, and in the past couple of days, i have sold two hundred dollars worth of chickens and turkeys. Now, i didn't really have that many of them, but i was particular in what kind that i bought to start with. My sister made a big sale at her house also, so now, i think we have enough to get the electricity run over to the mobile home.
I will keep you updated. I do hope that this will help someone else, in deciding how to survive during hard times.
The Bible gives us instruction, to look at what we have first, before looking elsewhere.
This is the mobile home that was given to me. This picture was taken before we moved it.
