Full timing in a truck camper.
The wife retires in 18 months and we are planning on getting a truck camper and living in it full time. Were wondering if others are doing this. we are in the process of clearing out our house and mak...
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I certainly am glad I sold my house before setting out on full time RV living. The house was on the east coast and I traveled mainly in the western US and Canada. Dealing with renters and house repairs can be a nightmare. I just left behind a storage locker with the monthly payment coming out of a credit card on auto pay.
The two years of RV living cost me very little. I averaged about $1000 per month for fuel and several hundred for medical coverage. Otherwise my expenses were minimal. Camping cost me an average of $7 per night. A $15 propane refill was good for close to two months. At most I used $5 in gas for the generator. Even food seemed to cost of less. We ate simpler and had fewer choices.
When we decided to stop full timing, we rented for a year. We could have taken the equity from our previous home and bought a new one. Instead we took advantage of the low mortgage rates when we bought another house.
The two years of RV living cost me very little. I averaged about $1000 per month for fuel and several hundred for medical coverage. Otherwise my expenses were minimal. Camping cost me an average of $7 per night. A $15 propane refill was good for close to two months. At most I used $5 in gas for the generator. Even food seemed to cost of less. We ate simpler and had fewer choices.
When we decided to stop full timing, we rented for a year. We could have taken the equity from our previous home and bought a new one. Instead we took advantage of the low mortgage rates when we bought another house.
