RV site as a home base?
Just wondering how it works out to live in your RV full time but to own a site somewhere as a "home base"? In other words if one wanted to full-time in an RV and be free to travel around quite a bit b...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:
Your $1800 total seasonal site comes to nearly the same cost as our year round full hookup site next to our cottage. Plus we get the cottage thrown in for free in that comparison... ;)
And no, we're not "flipping real-estate". The cottage was originally built by my father-in-law in 1947, and we have no interest in selling it. Our daughters frequently use it during the year, especially during the summer boating and swimming season and the winter cross-country skiing and ice fishing season.
If you already have the site and will keep it regardless of the camping situation, of course it comes out pretty well as the incremental cost is minimal.
That doesn't really apply for the OP has he will have to factor in the cost of buying land, upgrading the land, ongoing costs and eventual sales costs.
Might break even in the long run but as you say, the annual costs are likely about the same. But if the OP buys, the money sunk into the land is a lot less liquid and if it doesn't work out, there is a good chance of significant losses.
Spending a year or two with a seasonal site to make sure you like the lifestyle and area makes a lot of sense.
