Adventures in Housing

"I'm just attached to it because it's taken care of me and I'm taking care of it," said Violet O'Brien on why she's choosing to age in place in her Houston home.

"The Sims had really kind of seeded that desire for homeownership in me at a young age," said Elle Hunt, a journalist based in the U.K. "And I'd spent the interim 20 years walking away from that dream a bit."

"I'm not getting any younger. If I'm going to have a dome, I need to get on with it," said Paula Stone of Fredericksburg, Texas.

Abby Joselyn planned to live out of her van for two years. But now, a year and a half into her vanlife journey, she "can't imagine being done in six months."

With the goal of living mortgage-free, "I really knew that I would go anywhere and I would live in anything," Kate Mill says.

When Caitlin LaClair and her family moved to Texas and then Massachusetts, they were hit with sticker shock.

"As a result of me being a homeowner ... if I need to take money out, I can do that," says Monique Coleman of West Virginia.

A check-in with Utah resident Abigail Gomez, who plans to move out of her parents' home.

When the Knapp family relocated from Alaska to Wisconsin, they bought a building from a church for $1 and relocated it to their property.

Brig Malessa spends fire season living in the tower and travels the rest of the year. "I can get by on very little money."