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JimK-NY
Jun 29, 2017Explorer II
If you decide to do this, I have a few recommendations for your consideration.
If you are not attached emotionally to your condo, consider selling it and placing the proceeds in a diversified investment account. The odds are you will greatly decrease your expenses and worries and will make some money in the meantime.
Be prepared to travel for more than one year. It takes a few months to truly adapt to RV living. Then you might decide you really like it and like seeing and living in places of great beauty.
Think small and light for RV living. Some people just like to sit in an RV at the side of a lake and relax day after day, month after month. If that is you, ignore my recommendation on size. But it you really enjoy traveling and seeing the national parks and other areas, think small. My wife and I did our full timer travels in a truck camper. We could stay virtually anywhere and did not need hook ups since we had a couple of good batteries and solar panels. We rarely stayed in RV parks or the like. Instead we averaged $7/night staying in national parks, national forests and BLM campgrounds or dispersed camping.
Think through what you want to do, what size and kind of RV would be suitable and then buy it early. You need some time to customize the RV and get used to it before taking off full time.
Make and implement plans for mail forwarding, electronic finances, insurance and similar considerations. Do all of this well in advance.
If you are not attached emotionally to your condo, consider selling it and placing the proceeds in a diversified investment account. The odds are you will greatly decrease your expenses and worries and will make some money in the meantime.
Be prepared to travel for more than one year. It takes a few months to truly adapt to RV living. Then you might decide you really like it and like seeing and living in places of great beauty.
Think small and light for RV living. Some people just like to sit in an RV at the side of a lake and relax day after day, month after month. If that is you, ignore my recommendation on size. But it you really enjoy traveling and seeing the national parks and other areas, think small. My wife and I did our full timer travels in a truck camper. We could stay virtually anywhere and did not need hook ups since we had a couple of good batteries and solar panels. We rarely stayed in RV parks or the like. Instead we averaged $7/night staying in national parks, national forests and BLM campgrounds or dispersed camping.
Think through what you want to do, what size and kind of RV would be suitable and then buy it early. You need some time to customize the RV and get used to it before taking off full time.
Make and implement plans for mail forwarding, electronic finances, insurance and similar considerations. Do all of this well in advance.
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