We are un sheltered as they say in Florida.
Many thanks @Crookie , I already favourite sits. Have quite a lot now🤗
Unsheltered?
Just sold my house and I am homeless . I call myself free and happy until I decide. So they told me in FL, I am unsheltered .
Go figure
I would say you are only ‘homeless’ or ‘unsheltered’ if you have nowhere at all to go. The minute you stay with friends, at a hotel, airbnb or a housesit you have a home- however temporary! By ‘their’ definition I’ve been homeless for 12 years!! I prefer to say I’m a free spirit living a nomadic lifestyle with no current fixed base & that wherever I lay my hat is my home! Enjoy your happiness & freedom! 
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I am a full-time nomad and I agree with the points that @CreatureCuddler and others made. I found it best to lean into the nomad lifestyle and use petsitting to aid occasionally. I think if you are relying on it 100%, it may cause some frustration as sits will not revolve around your schedule. Pet sitting is a great way to get comfort when you are weary of traveling and moving. It can also help with the financials of being nomadic. But my experience is that being nomadic comes hand-in-hand with being fiercely independent. You can’t really expect sits to work for you when you want them, so finding ways to live on your budget will allow you to see pet sitting as a super nice, cushy bonus.
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“housing-insecure”
This is an interesting idea. We haven’t stayed in cabins…do they have sheets and basic supplies? We don’t have car so don’t carry backpacking items.
They have ones that do and don’t. I just look for what’s available because we drive with all our camping stuff and bedding. At the end of the month, we booked 7 night stay at Cultus Lake cabins for 6 people for a total of $206. Not 206 per night but a total of 206.
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I just started going nomadic and I am good for 2.5 months without space, then 3 nights, then another stay. Then 2 weeks. Were you anxious when you first went nonmadic? Is it harder getting sits?
I’ve been a nomad for almost 16 years and I’ve been sitting for 10ish. I don’t sit full time and never have as I want to live to my schedule, not someone else’s. I generally sit when an interesting sit in a place I’d like to visit pops up, it’s convenient, or there is a dog breed I love. Recently I’ve sat when I needed to receive packages or do some work on my van and it would be easier to be out of it. My biggest tip as a nomad: You need to have enough liquid to bail yourself out if you get stranded somewhere. The same goes for if you have a gap between sits. By being able to bail yourself out, you are in a position of strength because you’ll never be forced to compromise yourself into a bad situation. Being in the US (can you leave?) things are going to be a LOT more expensive than in other areas of the world, including traveling between sits. I know you have a vehicle, it may make sense to trade it in for something you can live out of for short periods. It’ll give you a lot more flexibility. I live in the European equivalent of a mom van and I was full time in it for 2 years and this year have been in/out of the van and sits/airbnbs as the mood strikes me. Being able to sleep in the van between living situations saves me a TON of money.
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I am OK liquidity wise. And not going to get van or camper. I was in a 55+ community and I just didn’t want to stay there and slowly get old. I needed something to shake me up. I need something for myself. And because I pay for USC, and next law and PhD, I am trying to preserve cash. So it isn’t that I couldn’t bail myself out of extra days, I just don’t want to do a lot of that. Otherwise I would have spent less money with the apt. I figured I would try this until Apr or summer 2025. I think with just starting, too much in the car. Trying to figure out how to do this, there is just anxiety . And I find I am jumping on short sits to cover the time. Something I really don’t want to do.
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try the app couchsurfing, its a wonderful way to travel @Huronbase
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not for me. Rather go back to the 55+ community apt and wait for death.
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okay 
you do that then @Huronbase
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@Pearl, welcome to the THS Forum.
We have been full-time housesitters for 18 months now. Happened by accident. We use a virtual mailbox - there’s a bunch of them but we use ipostal1com. Mail arrives at mailbox. Then scan envelope. We see it in app (there’s an app for that) and decide to trash, scan or forward. Clearly there’s modest cost but it works for us.
We also have all possible mail items either triggered for electronic delivery or terminated (spam).
Again, there are options that range from emergency medical to full medical, depending on your budget. Last year we used Genki • Health Insurance for Digital Nomads (insurance monthly subscription). This year we are using a UK+Schengen policy via AXA. We also visit “home” location periodically to receive medical checkups.
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I also got a mailbox for a permanet address. Both in Canada and US, as I am a dual citizen and healthcare in both. At a certain age, the healthcare is necessary.
I am also not a fan of couchsurfing since it was ruined almost a decade ago. frankly didn’t realize it even existed any more. But there are some networks for older folks to use while traveling to stay in people’s homes if that’s something that interests you. It’s a lot cheaper than hotels. But if you don’t want to share space, which I COMPLETELY understand, there aren’t many alternatives.
I’m an avid Couchsurfer and have had only absolutely phenomenal experiences and made life long friends. I hosted a guy from France a couple days ago. This year alone I’ve surfed 3 times and hosted 4 times with my 5th coming from Switzerland in a couple weeks time. I’ve stayed with retirees, boomers, middle agers and younger people. I myself am middle aged/heading to the older side of life. I’ve surfed all over the world and with my recent trip to the USA I surfed with 8 hosts in 4 different states. It’s a brilliant way to travel and its what you make of it. It’s very much like Trusted Housesitters, you read past references and make an informed decision using intuition and the information provided by hosts or guests. 
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Happy for you. But couchsurfering isn’t something for me.