New to RV’ing need advice
Let me preface this by saying, my wife and I have never owned a camper/RV before in our lives. We are currently in the process of downsizing our life due to my insurmountable student loan debt. We hav...
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I am certainly appreciative of the advice. I'd like to state a few things on my behalf as we navigate these waters.
We took Dave Ramsey's class last January through our church, his teachings have actually encourageed us to make this huge leap of faith. We started out by being, ish', as he calls it and now it's time to hunker down and get after it.
The 55k budget was going to be used via the sale of our current house we live in. We were going to take that money, and put it towards an RV. This knocks out a mortgage payment, water payment, utilities payment.
We have two vehicles, ones an 02' the other is an 11'. We have the 11' up for sale to pay off the remaining loan on this and take the left over money to knock out my wife's student loan debt. Put's us with only having my student loan debt and a potential house/camper/mobile home debt.
I am simply asking for ideas and suggestions, I was not trying to degrade or put down anyone who lives this lifestyle. It intrigued us as a possibility. With the student debt I've accrued, leaving my career field is not an option. Stick it out, build it up, live life, and then die.
My wife's family does a lot of camping in IL, their advice was to buy new due to the warranties and b/c we would know whats going on with the camper.
We are located in Northern Alabama, it will get cold from time to time, and the freezing of lines could be a significant issue. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel, I'm trying to get us to a stable place to set up for long term planning. Maybe this won't end up being the avenue we take, but I sincerely appreciate all the advice ya'll have offered.
We drove through the potential park on Saturday, they don't allow park models. They seemed to have a somewhat decent camera system set up for security. The rent was $425 and that included water, electric, sewage, and wifi. Obviously I'm new to this, maybe there are caps on all this, once our spot hit certain numbers it would fall back on us to pay prices once it exceeded allowed amount. Thanks ya'll
We took Dave Ramsey's class last January through our church, his teachings have actually encourageed us to make this huge leap of faith. We started out by being, ish', as he calls it and now it's time to hunker down and get after it.
The 55k budget was going to be used via the sale of our current house we live in. We were going to take that money, and put it towards an RV. This knocks out a mortgage payment, water payment, utilities payment.
We have two vehicles, ones an 02' the other is an 11'. We have the 11' up for sale to pay off the remaining loan on this and take the left over money to knock out my wife's student loan debt. Put's us with only having my student loan debt and a potential house/camper/mobile home debt.
I am simply asking for ideas and suggestions, I was not trying to degrade or put down anyone who lives this lifestyle. It intrigued us as a possibility. With the student debt I've accrued, leaving my career field is not an option. Stick it out, build it up, live life, and then die.
My wife's family does a lot of camping in IL, their advice was to buy new due to the warranties and b/c we would know whats going on with the camper.
We are located in Northern Alabama, it will get cold from time to time, and the freezing of lines could be a significant issue. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel, I'm trying to get us to a stable place to set up for long term planning. Maybe this won't end up being the avenue we take, but I sincerely appreciate all the advice ya'll have offered.
We drove through the potential park on Saturday, they don't allow park models. They seemed to have a somewhat decent camera system set up for security. The rent was $425 and that included water, electric, sewage, and wifi. Obviously I'm new to this, maybe there are caps on all this, once our spot hit certain numbers it would fall back on us to pay prices once it exceeded allowed amount. Thanks ya'll
