Professional RV People?

Yep..Just the other day I was up on a river fly fishing...I had moved up the river quite a way..I started smacking the trout on a small bead head...Well I was so involved with what I was doing I didn't notice that I was being watched..I was at the bank taking a hook off a fish when a older man stepped out of the willows and started some small talk...He said he had never tried fly fishing.. I said "Today's your day my friend."..So he started spanking them with my 5wt and was having a blast....I cleaned a limit of trout put them in my creel and asked him where his camp was and he and his wife could have a nice fresh trout dinner..Well..I'm following the guy and walk upon his camp which had in it quite possibly a 300,000 or 400,000 dollar motor coach...I swear the windshield was so big that I think I could walk standing straight up through it.I never went inside...He had it parked on his buddy's property..I stayed for a dinner of some of the finest marbled beef I have ever ate..OK...I never asked any questions about their lifestyle..I see these guys all the time on the road but was my first time with one.. Well the sun started to set and I said good bye...I have a few questions for people that live the RV Life..How does one go about what state to claim residency in?..Or do you don't claim anything?..How do you do your taxes?..How does one health insurance work from one state to another?.How or do you get your mail?..These folks said they live on the road year round..What is all the benefits of life on the road like that or downsides?...Thanks

The most important is what state do you license the motorhome in. There is a yuge difference from state to state.

Yep..^^^^^^^^^^^^^.I did not see what state the motor coach was registered in...So that's a start I did not know about the ups and downs of what state to register a RV in..^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Quite a few 'full timers' (as they call themselves) register their residency in South Dakota because of their low taxes, etc.

You can read the RV forums and find all of your answers. Irv2 and escapees to start.
An overnight stay with a motel receipt will allow you to become a South Dakota resident.
Then you hire a mail service to forward your mail.
Only a few states allow you to be a fulltime RVr.
Some of these people can run their businesses online from anywhere in the world, which gives them the freedom to travel.
Some people are not satisfied staying in one place.
Most are only able to do it from the time they retire until their health breaks, then it's back to sticks and bricks next to their health care provider.
This will give you a start.

I worked for a guy that built a trucking company with 37 terminals in 19 states. He didn't care to fly and liked sleeping in his own bed every night.

I was explained this once but it's been awhile. Maybe some states you can claim an RV as your home and some states it's a recreational vehicle. Someone will come along that knows for sure. Vic is probably right.

Gary is correct, the ones we have known ,,license them in Montana or other zero or low tax states.
Mail is delivered either to the campground or living off grid out of town on public land, comes “general delivery “ to the closest post office.
The wisest place to ask your questions is www.irv2.com Where thousands of full-time RVers talk.

We are still a few years away from joining them and living April-September in Maine or Idaho and October-March in North Carolina or Georgia or South Carolina

It's all fun and games until you're old & broke with no house and a motor home that doesn't run. That happened to a friend's in-laws. They were doing summers in Oregon and winters in AZ.

I have a good friend doing it now. Both he & his wife work 10 or so months a year doing retail sales at trap shoots. that allows them to buy a new buss every 10 years or so. After about thirty years they are getting sick of it.

Workamper is the site where RVers find work at campgrounds or state/natl parks.