I’m here to ask for practical advice but also just for the hope that someone will hear me.
We are a single parent family, me (54) and my son (17). We live in a rental that we LOVE after years of terrible, unstable living conditions. We’re in Australia. By the way if anyone feeds you the line that somehow life in Australia is golden, it’s not. Housing here is absolutely terrible. It’s unregulated and extremely tightly held- if your family have property you’ll be ok, if not…….I work full time at a school
that I love. We have, until recently, been a basically very happy little unit.
But just prior to Christmas my landlord of 3 years put me on a month by month lease. The real estate agent said she had no idea why, as they have been very happy with me. Always pay before due date, keep place nice, co-operate whenever they want to inspect.
I think it’s because he probably wants to sell it.
My issue is this: I cannot stop worrying about what I’m going to do. I’ve had breast cancer this year and the thought of moving is depressing me a lot. I wake up every morning, obsessively worrying- what will I do? Where will I go? It’s my son’s last year of high school. How can I make it work? What should I do? We have a dog - some real estate people here really hate dogs. My anxiety is sky high and I know it’s not reasonable. Most of my friends are buying their second and third investment properties and I am still struggling with the same shit I was in my 20’s. Sorry, don’t know what I need except for someone to hear what a mess this is.