Help Serena Beat Housing Insecurity and Get a Van!

Hello everybody! My name is Serena and it has been my absolute goal lately to convert a van and live in it! A series of unfortunate events have left me homeless before and even after getting back on my feet the rent trap is still making it hard for me to feel secure in my housing! The security of a place to live that I own (should I have anymore issues at my job or with my health) would alleviate so much of my stress. I plan on a very simple conversion as I don't really have anyone experienced in building to help me and will have to just do most of it myself. I have my eyes on a couple of different cargo vans being sold in my area on marketplace, the money raised would go towards purchasing the van, I don't want to overwhelm anyone so I want to attempt to get the stuff for the build myself little by little! If the van i purchase is less than $4000 then I will use the rest for a solar panel! Thank you for reading this and I appreciate any help for me to feel safe and secure in a home!