I'm 74 and selling everything to survive. HERE'S WHY.
Purchase something from this website. Anything. Make me a generous offer.
The money I raise helps me pay my bills.
(This may be in my memoir)


In 2017, I began moving to Florida believing I was going to marry the man I had known over 52 years at that time. I sold my house in Erie Pennsylvania at a $40,000 loss (after trying to sell it for 2.5 years), gave up my AirBnB income that had been paying the bills, gave up my health care, my doctor, my dentist, all my furniture, 90% of my books including those autographed by their authors (my prized possessions) and moved into his condo. Because I didn't own a condo, I couldn't park my van in the gated community I was moving to so I had to pay fees of $65 a month for storage a few miles away that I couldn't get to by golf cart.

In August 2019 I finally sold my house in Erie PA and moved to Sun City Center, Florida permanently, and became a Florida resident. Soon, after being relegated to one bedroom of my own, the man decided he wasn't happy with me living with him. I used most of my savings to buy a one-bedroom condo in December 2019. Without income, I didn't qualify to rent or get a mortgage. Then I had more expense in order to furnish the place with bed, linens, dishes, etc. Among other repairs, the electric box needed replacing.

Phone number on card below was changed to (656) 227-1130.
AndreasEstate bus card


To backtrack, when I turned 65, I applied for Social Security but was stunned to learn I was not eligible. I had only 16 credits of the needed 40 credits. I had lived in Canada, but short-changed myself because didn't understand how to qualify for retirement income. Dummy me, I thought it was automatic when you reach retirement age.
a. Before I left him, I let my then-husband claim me as a
dependent on his income tax, reducing my eligibility;
b. As a self-employed person I took every legitimate
deduction which reduced my earnings;
c. I didn't generate earnings when I was
hiding from a dangerous stalker for 8 years;
d. I didn't generate earnings – and went into serious debt – for 3 years when in 2006 my HOA threatened me to stop earning income by writing books in my own condo. To get out, I sold that condo at a big loss and left Canada.
e. I didn't generate earnings when
I was homeless living in my van for 3 years while looking after my dying father;
f. I didn't generate earnings when I had to be the Executrix for both of my parents who died within 50 days of each other in two different states. I was trying to sort out their messy financial affairs and file taxes in an unfamiliar system without help.

I am fortunate that I have a
$400 monthly pension from Canada but the pension doesn't cover even half my monthly expenses. DCF has taken away my food stamps and closed my account. I don't know why. So, no Social Security, no Medicare, no Medicaid, and no nutrition supplement.

Had my "boyfriend" married me 3 years into our 6+ year friendship, as a married woman I would now have enough Social Security income to cover m basic living expenses. He still doesn't want to be married, even knowing that if I can't earn sufficient income on my own I will have to give up my condo and live in my 20-year-old van, using the proceeds of the sale to cover my expenses for a while. So, I'm not only heartbroken, but uncertain and stressed about what my future holds.

I've started writing a blog,
Heading Toward Homeless, on my website: www.AndreaReynolds.com I invite you to be my patron.

AndreasEstate bus card


Here in Florida I have tried to generate income, to little success. In a good year, I earn just enough for one credit toward the 10 more (of 40) that I need, and some years I haven't earned enough income to acquire one credit.

Nobody needs any of
my skills or are willing to pay for them:
1. Book editing, proofreading and fact-checking,
2. Public relations advice for professionals and practices,
3. Public speaking,
4. Handywoman skills (furniture assembly, painting, etc.)
5. Real estate sales and home staging,
6. Pet sitting and housesitting,
7. Talk radio hosting,
8. Ghostwriting books.

Truthfully, low-paying gigs won't cut it. I need to raise
$100,000 for each of the next 5 years so I have enough to live modestly, pay for future health care (catastrophic?), and pay for end of life care.

I would love to write books again, speak all over the country again, host talk radio again, and be treated with respect; not be treated as someone's minimum wage servant. I used to say,
I didn't pay to go to 7 universities for 6 years, including University of Oxford, just to clean people's toilets or scrub their floors. Anyway, I have trouble getting up from the floor.

Until I can generate the cash, I can't afford to pay for:
1. Dental work to remove a broken tooth and have a partial made.
2. Eyeglasses to replace my 3 pairs of broken ones.
3. Hearing aids.
4. Life-saving medication ($675 a month) so I don't keep getting blood clots.
5. Repairs to my van.
6. ISBN numbers, copyright registration, and cover design for future books.
7. Living expenses: food, gas, vehicle insurance, health insurance.
8. Eventual nursing home care.
9. Eventual burial expenses.

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About the pages on this website:

I post groups of like items on a page. For example, all 
luncheon sets are on one page, all paperweights are on a page of their own, all thimbles are on their separate page. The menu of pages is on the left sidebar. Only finished pages are in the menu.

More photos, prices, and descriptions are coming, a page or two at a time. If you don't see a price, feel free to 
make an offer on the Contact Form.

Something else:
If my things are stolen or damaged, this website will serve as description and value of those items. Or if I pass away, my remaining inventory is already catalogued to make it easy for someone to sell what I left behind.