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So back in November, I posted on here while basically homeless about some of the lessons I learned and also some rants I had over losing most of my belongings.
Even though I didn't have insurance, luckily for me I had a little cash saved up and live debt free, and was able to pick up some overtime. After cleaning the property up the first week, I decided to build a little house, so I took the rest of my vacation from work, and an additional week off unpaid, and built a 1 bed / 1 bath house. I did it in mostly the two weeks, mainly me doing the work by myself, but I did have my friends and girlfriend stop and help as they could. I worked my ass off, but now I'm done and still debt free.
The little house cost about $10,000 from start to finish. I also was able to salvage one of the trucks that burned.
So now I must re-prep, I'm spending about $100 a week on various preps, and have a shipping container for some of them, so I won't have "all my eggs in one basket" again. I also got insurance this time.
Also I need to thank the members of this board who pitched in to my gofundme. It went up to $600, and out of co-workers, family, friends- most of the donations were from members of this forum. So that pretty much paid for the fridge. Thanks for the fridge, fellas!
I will try to post some before and after pics as soon as I figure out how to transfer them from my phone.
Even though I didn't have insurance, luckily for me I had a little cash saved up and live debt free, and was able to pick up some overtime. After cleaning the property up the first week, I decided to build a little house, so I took the rest of my vacation from work, and an additional week off unpaid, and built a 1 bed / 1 bath house. I did it in mostly the two weeks, mainly me doing the work by myself, but I did have my friends and girlfriend stop and help as they could. I worked my ass off, but now I'm done and still debt free.
The little house cost about $10,000 from start to finish. I also was able to salvage one of the trucks that burned.
So now I must re-prep, I'm spending about $100 a week on various preps, and have a shipping container for some of them, so I won't have "all my eggs in one basket" again. I also got insurance this time.
Also I need to thank the members of this board who pitched in to my gofundme. It went up to $600, and out of co-workers, family, friends- most of the donations were from members of this forum. So that pretty much paid for the fridge. Thanks for the fridge, fellas!
I will try to post some before and after pics as soon as I figure out how to transfer them from my phone.
