Owning and an RV is not a good investment. Folks, if anything, never ever trade your RV in on a new one. If you want to minimize your losses, sell it yourself. We buy RV's for FUN. Don't ever buy one thinking its an investment. The RV industry is similar to the auto industry in that you will most likely lose money on any deal. However, the RV industry is more hidden in the fact that it is harder to get the actual true market value of these units. Even the new ones are this way. As one other poster said, there are ways to find out, but you have to pay for that too. What is the price of fun?