Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: martyd]
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12/30/20 09:19 AM
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My family and animals require to much space. The freedom is very appealing. Now if I want to move I would have to deal with selling my farm ect...
I love the idea of living out west with more room and less people than east of the Mississippi and being able to move around tell I found our where would be a bonus.
Stuff and land is nice but also locks you down and limits what you can do.
I need to build another barn now.
Regardless of your financial situation I would not buy new but well kept used and save a lot of money. You wont eat the depreciation as bad. Try it and if you don't like it it's not like you can't sell and buy or rent a house and by that time you should have a better idea of where you may want to live. Or more importantly where you do not want to live.
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: martyd]
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12/30/20 09:22 AM
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Bruce T
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I would buy small pieces of land in both places and build small camp style houses.
Nevada bound
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: Bruce T]
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12/30/20 10:09 AM
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I would buy small pieces of land in both places and build small camp style houses. or pull the camper from 1 lot you own to the other every 6 months like many thousands at www.irv2.com do
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: martyd]
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12/30/20 10:21 AM
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I know a couple who live in Anchorage in the winter and spend five months living in a truck camper. They pull a cargo trailer. Fish all summer and spend the fall berry picking. They have a canning setup in the cargo trailer. They've been doing it for years. Cocktails at 4:00.
I call him to get my fishing reports.
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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12/30/20 12:11 PM
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Will after reading every ones good comments here I think it would be a huge loss of money if I did not like it. Could be 3 months or 3 years and I might say I had enough. Might rent one for 3 months when the time comes see if I like it. I know one thing I don’t want to work in a RV Park 3 days a week so I can pay out $35.00 a day or $1000.00 a month to park my RV. When I retire I want to retire. Ha ha ha. You guys are making a lot of sense. Ha ha ha. Thanks for the good advice. MD You'll always get Some Great advice here on Tman. Just have to pick what applies to you. Im not sure how good the advice is on here.... but the best part is its FREE!!!
The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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12/30/20 02:43 PM
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My family and animals require to much space. . We know a family of 8 with 2 dogs that live in a 40 ft travel trailer full time. Its all about how much stuff ya gota have to be happy. They are minimalists to the max....great folks, too. Having said that, our horses won't fit in our 35 footer!
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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12/30/20 03:01 PM
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A budget route may be to buy a van and convert it into a Camper, that is something I am looking to do right now. I am looking for an AWD Chevy Astro van and I am going to convert that into a camper for when I have time off in the winter. Should have less than 10k into a really nice van set up, far less into a less than perfect setup. May not be a good long term solution for living in but you wouldn't lose so much to depreciation and would offer you a chance to try out the lifestyle. Yup. Lived in an Astro for 2-1/2 years. Not bad once you get the hang of it. RV's are a huge waste of money.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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Re: Can you really live in a RV ?
[Re: Bruce T]
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12/30/20 03:05 PM
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I would buy small pieces of land in both places and build small camp style houses. You're not wrong. 250-450sqft tiny homes are inexpensive to build and maintain. If you're not gardening or raising livestock, you don't need much land.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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