Yes, this is a great country for the downwardly mobile!
“September 7, 2010 my house burned down. From late September until April 30 I lived in a lovely house that the insurance company rented. Now I am a motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river. If that sentence doesn’t strike you as funny, you might read the story In Which I Become a Motivational Speaker or at least click the link there to the Saturday Night Live Skit to which I allude.”
Full blog is http://iliveinmyvan.com