Homebase research
We are planning to begin fulltiming next summer, but are having trouble deciding on a homebase, e.g. a city where we'll establish residency. Ideally, what I would like to find is a website that compar...
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Texas, in particular, Livingston, Texas is a popular place to domicile. The Escapees RV Club is based out of there and has a wonderful reasonably-priced mail forwarding service and the actual stree address that you will be given has been tested as 'legal' in the court system. Be aware that some other services where you use a post office box creates problems. We've used Escapees for 16+ years with no problems. This small city works nicely with the Escapee RV Club and the city knows how full-timers work. Everything is done easily. Vehicle registration and driver's licensing is easy and no problems with voting issues. You're easily excused from jury duty. Some folks will mention the vehicle inspections but if you never stay in Texas for a long period of time (not sure of the grace period anymore), you don't have to have the inspections done. You can just 'drive through' without having the inspections. If you do stay in Texas the inspections are a very nominal fee and are only for lights, turn signals, etc. Would also recommend you pick a small town for inspections, if needed, no the big cities like Dallas or Houston where you'll have emission issues, also. Yep, it's easy to become a Texan!
