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Donna_Jean
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Oct 30, 2019

Ready to Live on the Road and Excited

Hello All, I just joined today so I am a newbie, I look forward to getting to know all there is to RV'ing. My husband and I are planning to retire in the spring, sell our house and buy a used 40+ Class A and live it in for at least 6 months or maybe longer. We are active and want to spend a lot of time out west in the national parks, hiking, biking and so forth. We live in MI now and plan to settle down in TN after spending time on the road. My big question is for those of you that have or lived in an RV without a residence how do you handle state residency. When we sell our house we will never live in MI again so i don't know what to do about things like drivers lic. taxes, voters registration, and so forth. I know we have over 6 months to figure this out but LOL i can't sleep at night trying to think how it all will work.
  • thanks for the help and posting the link to the full time section, i looked around at first and somehow did not see that forum. we are not on medicare yet, but i will be shortly after we start. I assume Medicare is nation wide and our supplemental with be through General Motors so that should be OK. I have a lot to learn but i am thinking the easiest would be to keep our MI info and see if we could use a friends address for something physical.
  • Check out the info in the FULL TIME RV section of this forum

    Just click on the link and read read read.

    AGE and Medical COverage are 2 Key Issues.

    SD, TX and FL were favorite states for FTrs to declare 'Domicile' for residency.
    Over time.......SD & TX are not as friendly IF you are under 65/Not on Medicare due to lack of Nationwide Medical COverage

    FL was still one state that HAD Nationwide.....could have changed since I last checked.

    IF on Medicare.......pick a state to declare as 'domicile' and set up residency
    Mail forwarding companys are easiest method due to being registered with USPS as certified mail handlers
    But some companies/insitiutes reject those addresses

    Escapees is a long established Mail Forwarding Company plus have been thru the legaility issues
    Originially in Lvingston TX but have explanded to SD and FL

    In todays environment (Patriot Act/Enhamced Drivers Licenses etc) Escapees would be first place I start my research with for FTng

    Escapees
  • BTW For 6 months your best option might be to remain with MI while you decide your future.
  • There are many posts on this subject. Start searching including other forums and there are many options. Basically it's like moving to another state except you might have to periodically return to your state for whatever like DL, health coverage, etc. Many FTers use a mail delivery service. One popular choice is the TX Escapees.

    Whatever state you select involves much more than you've posted. You'll get lots of opinions and while you're awake do your online research.

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