I don't wish to be the harbinger of doom, but if you need to keep working to make it happen, it is not going to be an easy ride. It's very difficult to find any legal work & the consequences of working illegally are at worst deportation on the first flight out & no reentry for 5 years.
If you don't need to work, fair enough, but give renting a go for a few months during the winter, when things are very different