First of all, thank you one more time for posting an honest contribution based in your real life.
Did you travel to compensate your income? Many escorts started doing it in 2008/09, obviously is tricky to pick where and when to go to a place but "canvassing" a city for months in order to collect emails/cellphones and pick a good time to go with a hotel by Priceline was always a way to triple the investment in the trip.
Exactly, lack of economic education makes a big difference in life. Knowing how to invest it matters a lot.
Believe I know folks who belonged to an episode of Shameless, PNP, buying clothes, etc.
Unfortunately, in some cases they go without clients is by choice, some guys just aren't in the mood to take a call. That's no longer the case and even though there are guys who are difficult, in this market they tend to be more realistic.
Now time wasters happen even more because of folks being able to download a new number in their phone and use it to play games have enabled them to remain anonymous.
Is not so much the cost of living that for certain has increased a lot, but the fact that now everything is more competitive. I remember 50 guys in Rentboy in DC, now on RM sometimes there are 300 in town or about to come to town. Before the Washington Blade had 20 guys... fewer choices, more revenue for all. That's no longer the case!