What We Can Learn About Changes in Real Estate from the Movie Nomadland

The old norms of housing are shifting

Frances McDormand in “Nomadland.” (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures)

As someone working and thinking and talking to people about real estate on a daily basis, it was interesting to hear about the success of the movie “Nomadland”.

For those of you who don’t know about this movie and what it’s about, here is what Wiki says in its description:

“Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film based on the 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film is written, edited, produced, and directed by Chloé Zhao, and stars Frances McDormand (who is also a producer on the film) as a van-dwelling working nomad who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and the mining industry closes down, to be “houseless” and travel around the United States.”

Bob Wells — American Nomad — PBS March 2020

I am a subscriber and avid viewer of YouTube channels that describe traveling in RV’s (even though I would not want to permanently live in one). I love some of the channels like Wild Wonderful Off-Grid where a couple bought a piece of land and are now developing their off-grid homestead.