renting out your RV? Success stories? Issues?
Through no fault of my own i find myself with THREE campers. A completely restored 1976 GMC motorhome, a hybrid trailer (with an excursion to pull it) and a Sprinter van conversion The van conver...
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wapiticountry wrote:
Who is going to want to rent a 14 year old hybrid trailer or a nearly 50 year old motor home? Hint, it will be people who want to pay very little money. Realistic rental rates run around 1% to 2% per week of the rig’s value. That means you might get a couple of hundred before your costs of insurance, maintenance repairs etc.
50 year old RVs are fragile, and fixing them will require hunting down parts and expertise that no longer exists everywhere. When the inevitable breakdown occurs how do you plan on getting it repaired? It’s not like every shop has the ability or interest in working on something so old.
Actually, that is a key to the plan. The rent to value ratio is much higher on something with a few miles.
A newish $20,000 hybrid rents for $150/night, (.75% of value) Outdoorsey says mine is worth $90/night so that's closer to 1.5% value) But with mine a new scratch or a dent does not significantly reduce its appeal.
As for the 50 year old GMC, it's easier to get parts for than a 15 year old class-A
