The rent is only $850 per month, but the house is large and comes with a decent sized plot of land. When we first got the house, we had plenty of income from our job so it was cheap for us. Here are some pics I took of the place the day we first looked at it:
http://www.nodtveidt.net/house/
As for me, I'm 34 years old, no credit card debt but no credit really...I've never needed it. My wife is 29 years old, she has a little debt remaining from her college loan but that's it. And of course, the debt she has now from the loan we used to fund our business back in August. Her job pays a bit over $1200/month, plus she does translations on the side for some extra cash. I do occasional odd jobs when I can, but usually never for any significant amount of money. That's one of the reasons I'm trying to open my new site. We have two children, a 4 year old and a 1 year old. My wife's mother lives in the downstairs apartment, and her sister lives upstairs with us. Her other sister is living with us for the time being but is probably leaving soon for the mainland to be with her boyfriend again. If I could photograph the two of them together, we'd probably make a bit of money on that, lol.
Both of them have dabbled in fashion modeling in the past but that's a real hit-or-miss industry.
At this point though...it doesn't really matter if we get the money or not. If we have to leave, so be it...we've survived up to this point somehow so I'm sure we'll figure out how to survive past this. Besides, it's not like this is the only house on the island (it's just the cheapest for what it is). I'd love to actually go back to the mainland but my wife is a tropical girl and doesn't like the cold winters up north.