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I didn't want to gate crash UT's thread so I started my own, mods can merge them if they want to.

So, I have been out for about a month. I have 6 more weeks until this sublet is up. I spoke with the realtor about my options to buy since there are no rentals anywhere near where I live. There are actually about three and they are all more $ than my mortgage.

It seems I will not be taking out a mortgage any time soon with my credit rating and job history. The status of the current house is still a wildly spinning plate so it may not even enter into the discussion.

I've looked at a couple of fixer-uppers that are in the 60-65K range. One is actually not that bad, just a bunch of frozen burst pipes and it is walking distance for the kids. The other needs a septic but it comes with 10 acres of land- field and forest. Problem is even with a co-signer the bank won't lend money on a house that is not liveable. So either of those places would need to be a cash buy. Not really within my grasp right now. I'd be a bit closer if I could quickly liquidate all my photo equipment, and got bought out of my current house.

The other alternative I've thought of is to buy a used 24 foot stake bed truck and build a microhouse on the back of it. I like the idea of that. Not sure if that is truly a step in the right direction though. My buddy is going to foster all my tools in his new, empty shop.