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  1. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    hi lonfu.... i think i will probably be moving the RV onto the farm and putting the land up for sale while i live elsewhere<br><br>tho the land would sell easier with the RV on it<br><br>i'm not real solid, just have tentative plans... i love tiny houses and consider them even more mobile...
  2. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    ok, so i'm thinking of getting rid of this land, i can't afford it, possibly getting rid of the RV too and building a tiny house... i have found a farmer where i can live on her land for not much, how much remains to be seen but with utilities included could be ok...<br><br>Willy and i have been...
  3. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    oh no problem, i just thought trolls were mean people lol i'm not mean... but i don't own TWO RVs... not sure where that idea came from... and i can't sell the land because of the economy, there's a TON of lots for sale in my park, going on years now....<br><br>i think the best idea i have so...
  4. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    am i a troll? isn't a troll somebody who's mean to people? that makes YOU more of a troll than me, coz that was a mean post<br><br>ok, you can all stop answering me coz OF COURSE i asked for advice for no reason pfffft<br><br>i'll talk to willy by email&nbsp;
  5. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    this is the first month that i'm out of money from the inheritance, i'm going to try and get a job... ugh... yes, my husband helps me, of course, just so i don't starve<br><br>but the taxes are land taxes plus all the things each of us owe for the running of the RV park<br><br>the only bill i...
  6. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    wow, sounds awesome...<br><br>my expense list is more like<br>electricity $325 every 2 months<br>propane $235 every month<br>gas $100 per month<br>insurance 118 per month<br>taxes $1800 per year<br>food $300 per month<br><br>yeah, i have to think of something to do for money
  7. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    i was a mainframe programmer, not the type that programs PCs from home...<br><br>gaslighting is a term from the old ingrid bergman movie 'gaslight'<br><br>Willy, i am not a senior, and i kinda know i'm hooped for welfare disability, but what is this GIS you speak of?<br><br>i will ask at the...
  8. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    i moved to vancouver because at the time i was a top of my class computer programmer and could have made a fortune out here<br><br>moving anywhere else where the winters are 40 below is out of the question for health reasons<br><br>this RV is built in Canada and meant for the winters...
  9. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    i'm on canada pension disability, which is federal... and i've tried to go on the welfare disability, but they require sooooo much paperwork, that honestly i don't even know how to get it, paper proof of a zillion things...<br><br>ok i will look around for an advocate<br><br>i've got a 5th wheel...
  10. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    yeah, i have that site bookmarked coz i thought there might be help with employment, of course there's not... and i've already tried to apply for BC's 'welfare' disability, and they had me jumping through sooooooo many hoops, that i didn't actually have the ability to do it... i don't know how...
  11. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    it's the social security or whatever they call it in canada... i'm not on the 'welfare' disability coz i'm actually tooo disabled to fight for it, and they wouldn't give me more than an extra $200 a month if that... but i have never heard of 'PWD'... who do i see about finding out about it? do i...
  12. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    i don't want to reply to this thread coz i don't want the ideas to stop lol... you guys are smart!<br><br>i worked sooooo hard to get myself in a position where i can live THIS cheaply out here in vancouver... which btw is the most expensive place in north america to live...<br><br>so selling is...
  13. elaineremains

    Built in propane furnace or electric space heaters.

    oh thanks willy! i will look into coroplast... but my RV is 40 feet long... i do have a polar package, but i guess it's not enuff? the windows especially feel drafty, even tho they are thermal double paned....<br><br>thanks so much... elaine
  14. elaineremains

    how to live on $600 per month

    Hello, this may be an absurd question, but i'm disabled and all i get is $600 per month...<br><br>i had an inheritance and bought the land and RV and stuff, and now the inheritance is gone...<br><br>my husband works in the city, and he thinks that now that i'm 'out of money' he can start...
  15. elaineremains

    Built in propane furnace or electric space heaters.

    i'm in canada, british columbia, so it's mostly rain all winter, but still cold, it's like seattle i guess..<br><br>i have one of the big propane tanks, it costs me $175 per year to rent the tank, and usually my propane bill is about $220 a month, which is killing me<br><br>last month i switched...
  16. elaineremains

    please help me decide which RV to buy?? help!!!

    well they all either have winter packages or at least a heated underbelly... sorry, i don't know how to explain RVs lol i don't know much about them, that's another reason i would rather buy from a dealer then a person who isn't worried about whether i am pleased with the transaction or not...
  17. elaineremains

    please help me decide which RV to buy?? help!!!

    hehe thanks Rae... 2 votes so far, but you know what's funny? the sales guy keeps promising to send me pics and he hasn't... i wonder why he's tempting fate to lose the deal, it's weird
  18. elaineremains

    please help me decide which RV to buy?? help!!!

    Hello helpful people, i have decided to buy an RV for our lot, can't spend more than 15 grand, am Canadian and not willing to buy stuff from the states or go thru huge hassles as my parents are now dead and i'm in a depression trying to deal with this little bit of money they gave me...<br /><br...
  19. elaineremains

    don't know what to dooooo

    alright, this little convo thread has pretty much made me feel like renting an apartment until i die lol thanks for guiding me in the right direction <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">
  20. elaineremains

    don't know what to dooooo

    ok, well thanks for all the stuff to think about, except for taking off my clothes when it's hot, i didn't get that bit lol<br /><br />of course i knew we would have another small car with the class C, but didn't realize the class C would have to be insured for driving if it was going to be...
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