Here is another way to think about the inevitable loss when selling -- take the net loss and spread it out over all the nights you have spent in that RV. On a per-night basis, it is probably a pretty good deal. Ten years ago, we bought our first trailer (used) for $7000, fixed it up, and sold it after six seasons for $4000. We lost $3000, but we camped about 50 nights per year, or 300 nights in total. That's ten dollars a night -- not too bad. (This does not count the cost of the improvements, like new cushions and so forth, or the value of my labor, which was worth at least a dime an hour, given my skill level.)
