Does "chucking it all in" mean selling or carrying away everything you own? If I combine that idea with traveling every day, then you will likely do best in an A motorhome large enough to have substantial storage and carrying capacity.
Budget of $25,000 takes you to something manufactured before 2000, most likely, and you get more capacity for your money in you aren't paying for and carrying the weight of slide out rooms. 36-40 foot Tiffin, Beaver or Safari with at least a C-7 Cat or C-series Cummins. In that era, similar size Country Coach (e.g Affinity) and Newmar (e.g. Dutch Star) will run about $10,000 higher, particularly since the Dutch Star already had at least one big slide out to raise its market value.
I was also thinking old Newell coaches or Bluebird Wanderlodge, but even the 38-40 foot sizes have become collectible, 20+ year old coaches selling for more than they cost new.
People talk about having to pull something, but I've done 10 years, 30,000 miles of motorhome travel with overnights, found no need to pull a car behind me for local transportation. When I go out to the lake for a week, yes I tow a car (and a trailer would probably serve me better) but not when the motorhome is moving every day.
When you get to your destination, and park long term, you will need transportation. What that costs depends on what you want to pay, what you want to drive. I have one son-in-law who won't pay much more than $1000 for a car, drives it until it quits (often several years) then gets another. My other SIL likes to drive a new truck, might spend $25,000 to $40,000 every few years. There are lots of options in between.
Tom Test
Itasca Spirit 29B
