Choosing your home state...
We are currently Florida residents who are going to go full time. I love Florida... Born here, raised here, lived here my whole life, but I've also paid taxes here. Florida is overall a pretty good ...
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South Dakota....
No state income tax
Low sales tax on new vehicle purchase
Low vehicle registration
Low insurance costs
No estate tax
RV friendly....easy to become 'resident'
Lots of mail forwarding service that provide 'physical' address for Uncle Sams purposes
You can set up the mail forwarding address/service on-line so you can start all the change of address notifications
Just internet search 'mail forwarding service SD'....many businesses from Sioux Falls to Rapid City. I've used two of them (Alternative Resources...Sioux Falls and Americas Mailbox...Box Elder/Rapid City) Both were/have been great in handling mail.
After you set up your new home address you drive out to SD...spend one night at a CG and then go get drivers licenses, register to vote etc. Vehicle registration can be handled by the mail forwarding service OR you can take care of it when there getting DL's
We've used SD as our 'domicile' state for past 7 yrs.
TX also is rv friendly........but for us SD was less expensive overall (vehicle ins. was double based on a TX address and I just couldn't be a Texan)
FL has mail forwarding services also.....
We have 'full timers' insurance on our RV.....exact same policy that we had on our home before going full time.
National Interstate......been real good/great service/low costs for the coverage we have. No hassles with claims (2....one minor/one major)
Blue Sky & Foremost also do full time RV coverage
Only issue that is still being played out...medical coverage for full time RVrs.
Don't know how Obamacare will be for travelers.
Fortunately I use VA which isn't a problem as a traveler.
No state income tax
Low sales tax on new vehicle purchase
Low vehicle registration
Low insurance costs
No estate tax
RV friendly....easy to become 'resident'
Lots of mail forwarding service that provide 'physical' address for Uncle Sams purposes
You can set up the mail forwarding address/service on-line so you can start all the change of address notifications
Just internet search 'mail forwarding service SD'....many businesses from Sioux Falls to Rapid City. I've used two of them (Alternative Resources...Sioux Falls and Americas Mailbox...Box Elder/Rapid City) Both were/have been great in handling mail.
After you set up your new home address you drive out to SD...spend one night at a CG and then go get drivers licenses, register to vote etc. Vehicle registration can be handled by the mail forwarding service OR you can take care of it when there getting DL's
We've used SD as our 'domicile' state for past 7 yrs.
TX also is rv friendly........but for us SD was less expensive overall (vehicle ins. was double based on a TX address and I just couldn't be a Texan)
FL has mail forwarding services also.....
We have 'full timers' insurance on our RV.....exact same policy that we had on our home before going full time.
National Interstate......been real good/great service/low costs for the coverage we have. No hassles with claims (2....one minor/one major)
Blue Sky & Foremost also do full time RV coverage
Only issue that is still being played out...medical coverage for full time RVrs.
Don't know how Obamacare will be for travelers.
Fortunately I use VA which isn't a problem as a traveler.
