So, I was just joking with my son about this idea. His dorm room next year is about $10,000. It’s in a crappy old dorm, small room, no AC, etc, etc.
I sent him an ad for a local used conversion van that cost about $6,000. Basically said hey, you could cancel your dorm for next year, pay for a parking permit and live in this. I told him he could probably rent out one or two of the seats to other students. Obviously he’d sleep on the fold down couch in the back. I meant it as a joke but really, why couldn’t you? He said maybe next year…
Buy a used van for cheaper than the cost of a room. “Live” in it for the year and sell it at the end for the same or close to the same amount when you’re finished with it. It’s not actually that crazy of an idea if someone wanted to do it. We had a pop-up camper that we used at campgrounds and used the bathhouses there, not much different than using the gym.
I know it sounds off the wall, and it really is, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be done.
