My Situation and Logistics about Buying My First RV

[Halley Winter]

I test drove a motorhome for the first time today. I have found a pretty good deal on one and have a decision to make. My dad thinks I’d be better off buying a house and “locking in” a low monthly payment. I know he’s right in the long term but I simply don’t really want to do that right now, when I could have a class A motorhome paid for. However I would be staying in the same area and have two little girls with me as well, and need to be reasonably close to their school. There is a great park near the school but the max you can stay is 3 months (unless you have a company letter stating that you are working from out of town, which I’m not from out of town.) So I’d be moving them from park to park every few months, and the others are not so close to the school. Any suggestions? Or encouragement?

[Pippi]

First of all, it’s your life and not your dad’s life. And it never will be his life, all of your actions will be yours to deal with. So do what you want. Locking yourself into monthly payments that require you to have a well paying job for 30 years is pretty scary in my mind so I wouldn’t ever say this is a good idea to someone. But to each their own. Not everyone has a free spirit and frisky feet to move around and live simply.

Have you gone in to talk face to face to the manager or owner at that park? I’d try that first. If you can, give them a pic of the RV you plan to buy and let them see who you are. If they absolutely won’t take you as a long term resident, I would highly suggest staying at one of the other parks. It’s convenient to have the same address. And your girls might make best friends with some of the other kids in the park. Sure, it could be farther from their school, but wouldn’t that be nice if they’re friends that they always wanted to hang out with were only yards away? It’s possible.

It might not be an option for you or them, but have you considered another school? That could also be an option to consider. Also, if you are using this as a regular long term home and aren’t a mechanic, I highly suggest getting a 5th wheeler or standard trailer. They’re easier and cheaper to register and insure and require no mechanical maintenance that an engine would. If you don’t know how to tow it around and only need to get it to the park for it to sit for a while, rent a truck for that day.

I hope you get some good insight and advantage from my advice. Best of luck to you guys. Please let me know how it goes and what you end up doing. Congrats on your independent-minded choices! 😀 You can do this!!!

[Mikael]

If the main need is a fixed place/adress, isn´t RV a bad solution?

[jskline0]

One of the perks of the RV is that if economics change drastically, you can literally pull up stakes, and relocate. No packing. Nothing. Nice.
You can use a place where you are parked long term as an “address” I understand mostly because you will also have a space number. Letter carriers prefer that. 🙂

And Pippi is right. Its your life. You now make decisions good and bad, and deal with the outcome of those.

I’m looking to transition away from a stick and brick into my RV at some point after formal retirement. I can’t really retire so that means I still work but only limited fashions and hours. Being in IT as I am, this will be easy to find work.

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