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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Often. I have a pretty good savings cushion but I am a single parent so if I lose my job there is no backup. My company is volatile. I would look for something else but they allow me incredible work from home flexibility and I'm not sure how I'd manage in a traditional office setting. So I just keep saving, but it never feels like enough. [/quote]

+1 I'm single too. If I lost my job I'd go into short term survival mode, cutting all extras and rent out my basement. If things didn't look good for a job around here within 6 months I'd sell my house, move back to where I grew up and use the equity from the house to buy a townhouse and get what ever job I could. [/quote]

I've thought about renting out the basement as a last resort. Does your basement have a kitchen? Would you allow renter access to your home? How would that work? [/quote]

Not pp, but unless it is someone you already know very well, it would have to be a walk-out basement.[/quote]

PP quoted (survival mode poster). It is a walkout with a full bath, currently for my Au pair. The AP would move upstairs to the guest room. And, yes, i would add the kitchenette. Figure it could bring in enough $$ to cover the monthly cost of the AP so I could focus on looking for a job. I might do this anyway when the kids get older and I don't have an AP anymore. [/quote]

If you ate paying an OP and adding a kitchenette then your survival mode is very different than mine![/quote]

An AP is one of the most affordable forms of full time childcare when you have two or more small children (after paying annual fee). Without childcare, I couldn't interview or get a job. I could add the kitchenette for under $3k doing 90% of the work myself, so it would pay for itself in a few months. [/quote]

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