Traveling FT vs being anchored

Bumpyroad wrote:

R12RTee wrote:
I don't get this thinking at all. I sold my house and if and when I decide to no longer live in an RV there are plenty of places for rent. I have no intention of doing all the upkeep on a house when I am old. I have enough capital from savings, investments, pension, SS and the house sale to buy a home but I would never want to.

perhaps 80% of the people out there do get this thinking.
bumpy

I think what some people don’t understand is that not everyone who buys an RV owns a house, and lots of people who are renting buy RV’s and then decide to go full-time RVing. To them whether or not they should keep their house is a mute point because they never had a house to begin with.

I’ve found that a lot of homeowners look down their nose on renters but during the housing crash renters where better off than a lot of homeowners who ended up walking away from their investment. The other thing is when a big storm wipes out a persons home who is renting they usually have an easier time with it than a homeowner who has lost their house.

In my opinion there are pros and cons to both renting and owning, but I love the freedom of not being attached to a house and all of its’ furnishings, HOA, property tax, etc. I can stop wherever I am at, anywhere in America, and rent a place without having to travel, especially under a dire situation or hundreds of miles, back to where my house is located.

Nonetheless, I do understand, different strokes for different folks.:)