Getting ready to take the plunge into full-time RVing

2oldman wrote:
We need to have a sticky for this kind of question.

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We need to have a sticky for this kind of question.

Identify where you want your home address to be, for taxes, licenses, mail (that you would forward somewhere), prescriptions, etc. If you buy a RV with a loan, the interest is a home write off (I can provide the publication and page if you need it) also if you will be working out of it there could could be many more tax advantages if you want to keep track of it. Go to a Tax accountant and check your scenario out.

There will be many that can provided services for mail in this chain.

Steve is an Instructional Designer and eLearning specialist, with a lot of video production experience as well, so expect to see lots of videos of our learnings. Tess is a hair stylist and has a true eye for art.

The first step to educate ourselves was to rent an RV for a few days, and this is what followed...

Noobie RV Rental Experience Day 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEV4rfnGIKk

Noobie RV Rental Experience Day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KcPIMGOYE

Noobie RV Rental Experience Day 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7FlGqRWh8

Here's a wish list for our dream RV:

- rear garage (or at least a side garage) - this is a MUST to keep our 2 mountain bikes safe, secure, and out of the way.
- reliable, strong, low maintenance drivetrain (we can dream)
- low rust
- able to cruise at 65-70mph comfortably
- ground clearance is a plus, since we travel on a lot of dirt roads

plans:
- 4,000 lb 4x4 toad
- no blackwater tank, we will use a composting toilet
- lots of solar panels and batteries
- induction burner and solar oven for cooking (no propane stove, over, or microwave needed)
- heavily insulated
- small fridge, we don't need a full size fridge


ideas that are still up in the air:
- propane free?
- wood burning stove?
- length? 32-35 feet seems ideal
- diesel hydronics heater?
- build a school bus up?


We have never owned an RV before, so it's a big step for us. We're doing the best we can to research and try stuff out, but we'll be browsing the forums hard and we are more than open to your suggestions and input.