How a homeless American figured out where to live and got rich on that
'08.10.2018'
Source: The Penny Hoarder
One day, 24-year-old Courtney Armstrong discovered that in the morning she was waking up in her office at work. Not that it began yesterday, but it was on this day that the young woman understood: this can no longer continue. And she decided to change her life.
A year ago, she was a college graduate. Courtney dreamed of a career on the radio and hoped to start with the radio station into which her father had invested. But a month after he signed the documents, the man came down after a stroke, wrote The Penny Hoarder.
My father could not restore the barely operating station or continue to invest in the automobile festival, which he held. This made Courtney take control of both projects. At the same time, the girl's parents were on the verge of divorce, and her roommates, without warning, terminated the lease agreement with her.
So she was sleeping in her office.
But even then, Courtney understood that this was not the best and completely unstable option.
Armstrong turned for help to a family friend who ran KOA (Kampgrounds of America) Camping. He found the man who sold the five-wheeled trailer. Courtney was allowed to pay in installments and provided free parking at the campsite in exchange for working at the front desk several hours a week.
21 April 2014, Armstrong moved to her first trailer. Then it seemed to her that below simply there was no place to fall.
“At first I was confused,” says Courtney. "I felt homeless."
But then she fell in love with life in her own mobile home.
At first, Armstrong did not think she had a lot of things. But the need to fit everything into a 250 square foot trailer (23 sqm) made it necessary to revise all the trinkets and decide what was most useful and valuable for her.
“Everything we have carries with it emotional weight,” says Courtney. - When I got rid of all this, I felt how it becomes easier. I felt freer. "
Her first year in the trailer gave more than just clearing the living space. She fell in love with families coming to endless holidays, to her quaint camping park, to the simplicity of this minimalist lifestyle.
Thirteen months after she moved into a motor home, she bought it. In the first trailer where Courtney lived, there were white cabinets, carpet and leather furniture. Armstrong quickly discovered that it was one of the standard interior designs of such houses. Then she had the idea to redo everything.
In July, the 2015 of the year she repaired the first trailer, the Sedona 2006 sedan of the year.
“It changed the rules of my game,” she says. “This place has become my place of safety. The treuler was the first place where I chose my lifestyle. "
Finally, Armstrong was able to lose her heavy emotional baggage. She transferred ownership of her father’s radio station and sold the festival. And now I could choose something new. Courtney chose trailers.
“One day a man whose life suddenly changed had to move in just three days. He needed a trailer ready for yesterday, ”says Courtney. And she got down to business. Then the girl did not have to invest much effort to make a profit. She was on the hook of her new business.
Business for the reconstruction of trailers
Armstrong received a license for resale. She bought, redid and sold 28 trailers in total. She also lived in a trailer, traveled and worked full day for more than four years. Courtney shot a huge workshop that grows day after day. Now the woman owns six trailers.
She has been working on one project for about a year, and in the winter she goes on a trip for two or three months. Courtney watched the sun rise on the first day of the new year in Arizona and often met with friends across the country. Armstrong spent a lot of time and effort studying good offers, seasonal features of business and industry in this area.
A lot of people think Courtney's "remodels" involve mostly major renovations, but her favorites are actually the trailers where she doesn't change much. The girl calls it the word “light it up”, add a couple of nuances so that the object for sale “starts playing” and makes the buyer interested.
Armstrong was not going to build a successful trailer rebuilding business, but unexpectedly became a sought-after professional sought after by consumers. She leads The Flipping Nomad website to help other people make changes to the interiors of their trailers and inspire people to use their lifeblood to gain emotional and financial freedom.
Courtney loves his comfortable life and flexible schedule, and often remembers how it all began.
“If I hadn't gone through this terrible dark time, I would not have been able to find my passion and love in this life,” says Courtney.
