Good idea or horrible?

TheCusters wrote:
My wife and I have always wanted to full time. But our current situation isn't conducive. We have one child in elementary school and I have a very nice job with amazing benefits. We have a travel trailer that we take normal weekend trips and a few week long trips a year. Our current situation is that we have a nice house in a nice neighborhood, and another empty lot in the same neighborhood that we bought as an investment. We have been talking about selling both properties and buying an acre or so, along with a newer 5er and tow rig. Would be able to do this for pretty much cash with current property values. We would park the RV on the property (no zoning issues here) and live in it during the school year. When my son is not in school, there are 4 campgrounds that we would float between that are all close enough for me to go to work every day. 3 of them on a huge lake/reservoir. And we would also take about 3 weeks a year for a big camping trip to other parts of the country.

So basically, we would be in a permanent location with our own power/water/sewer for about 8-9 months a year and on the road or campgrounds the rest of the time. Southeast TN, so winters aren't horrible. Just wanting some thoughts from the people here who have been there done that.

Sounds like you're looking at the technical term of full-timing ("living in an RV as a permanent home") rather than looking at the emotional term of full-timing ("being able to move your home anywhere and whenever you want"). I don't think you'll end up happy in this situation because you'll still be stuck in one place for the school months.

Why not simply use your current trailer in the summer months as you outline and live in your house for the other 9 months of the year? You'd still have the house increasing in value, you wouldn't have to deal with winterizing, etc., and you'd still get as much travel time in as you're able to.