Unique Usage -- Looking to Buy
Good evening, New to the forums.... so thanks in advance to everyone. I'm an insurance adjuster who travels 200 plus days out of the year that recently did the math and figured out how much sh...
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Look up the bluebook value of a 1 and 2 year old of the same model year.
Also consider that most dealerships will mark up the price about 40% for the retail price, so when they come down by 10% they are not losing any money on the deal.
Consider this. Say they can buy a unit for $10,000 and mark it up by 40% to a $14,000 retail MSRP. Giving up 10% discount for a newspaper sale would bring it down by only $1,400. Giving you an additional 10% off because you asked for it is only bringing it down an additional 1,400 or $2800 below the "Yes we would love to sell it at MSRP or even more if we could price". But still they are making a profit.
So your unit with it's $22,000 MSRP might have cost the dealership about $15,000 - $16,000. The dealership also pays interest on the inventory that they keep on hand. So if they have $100,000 in new stuff, they probably have to pay $12,000 a year in interest, or about $1,000 a month. They also probably pay $4,000 a month for the parking lot they are in, and additional for buildings and such.
They can make a lot of money on a few units, or make a lot more money by selling lots of units with a $2,500 profit margin. You can find several dealerships online with internet specials, and if they are giving great prices, they will be the one to buy from, with lots of volume and little overheat per unit sold.
Are you working as a independent contractor? IF so the business can own the trailer and it will be a complete write off. You can start a corporation and let it own the RV, then use it as needed, letting you write off more expenses than if you owned it yourself.
If you do not want to be tied down to a campground all the time, consider a few solar panels, 500 - 1,000 watt PWM inverter, and pair of golf cart batteries. With about 400 watts of solar panels, and your need to use more power in the day time than at night, you will not need more than 2 deep cycle batteries.
You can run a ink jet printer from a PWM inverter, while a laser printer needs pure sine wave power, a much more expensive inverter. You could use a 750 PSW inverter just for the laser printer (much faster print time per page) and use the MSW inverter for everything else (portable for use in your car, and with the laptop).
Sunelect.com has solar panels with a aluminum frame for a great price.
Good luck!
Fred.
Also consider that most dealerships will mark up the price about 40% for the retail price, so when they come down by 10% they are not losing any money on the deal.
Consider this. Say they can buy a unit for $10,000 and mark it up by 40% to a $14,000 retail MSRP. Giving up 10% discount for a newspaper sale would bring it down by only $1,400. Giving you an additional 10% off because you asked for it is only bringing it down an additional 1,400 or $2800 below the "Yes we would love to sell it at MSRP or even more if we could price". But still they are making a profit.
So your unit with it's $22,000 MSRP might have cost the dealership about $15,000 - $16,000. The dealership also pays interest on the inventory that they keep on hand. So if they have $100,000 in new stuff, they probably have to pay $12,000 a year in interest, or about $1,000 a month. They also probably pay $4,000 a month for the parking lot they are in, and additional for buildings and such.
They can make a lot of money on a few units, or make a lot more money by selling lots of units with a $2,500 profit margin. You can find several dealerships online with internet specials, and if they are giving great prices, they will be the one to buy from, with lots of volume and little overheat per unit sold.
Are you working as a independent contractor? IF so the business can own the trailer and it will be a complete write off. You can start a corporation and let it own the RV, then use it as needed, letting you write off more expenses than if you owned it yourself.
If you do not want to be tied down to a campground all the time, consider a few solar panels, 500 - 1,000 watt PWM inverter, and pair of golf cart batteries. With about 400 watts of solar panels, and your need to use more power in the day time than at night, you will not need more than 2 deep cycle batteries.
You can run a ink jet printer from a PWM inverter, while a laser printer needs pure sine wave power, a much more expensive inverter. You could use a 750 PSW inverter just for the laser printer (much faster print time per page) and use the MSW inverter for everything else (portable for use in your car, and with the laptop).
Sunelect.com has solar panels with a aluminum frame for a great price.
Good luck!
Fred.
