Brother, your story relates to mine in some aspects. Incredible. I've met a lot of hobos on my trips as well and had the same response from a harmonica player somewhere in Chile. "I'm not homeless, I'm houseless", he said. I wondered for a bit and he continued. "See, shelter is the easy part, I can sleep in my car and have the world as my home." Since then I've set as a goal to have enough income to cover expenses to live in a van (not there yet). That's the beauty of travelling; we learn to see life from a different perspective. Don't we?