They live above their means.
> We managed to get one and a half truck loads
They have too much stuff.
Freelancer.com is barely relevant to their problems.
I had savings at the time, but it was a combination of the real estate mess and my wife's health issues that my income stalled, and it still took a while before our savings ran out.
As soon as I receive payment for this project I am caught up on everything I was behind on, and it would take one more project equal to this one to get a couple months ahead.
I started working full time two months ago. It's not taking me long to catch up on something that took years to happen.
If freelancer did the right thing, I would be caught up already.
> size of their trucks
"we were up for two days packing" indicates that the truck was not small.