SEATTLE - It’s no secret, living in Seattle is expensive , but, when a Washington woman became an empty nester and lost her job nearly two years ago, she decided to make a big change. A change some might call unconventional, but it’s a change she told FOX 13 has now saved her thousands of dollars in what she would’ve paid in rent.

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"People are shocked and amazed, interested, entertained," Amber Campbell said. Those are just some of the reactions Campbell gets when she tells folks that she’s a full-time house and pet sitter. Full time, as in she travels nonstop and lives at other people’s homes full time.

"I didn't even know this was a thing that you could trade house and pet sitting for accommodations," Campbell said.

Twenty-two months ago, the Seattle mom of

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