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I felt the same way about home ownership. Every where I looked it was just endless project after project! I won't say I'll never own a home again but for right now, we are enjoying the freedom of living in our RV. We are new fulltimers though- only a month into our journey. I don't have children myself but I do know that kids can live full time in an rv. For work reasons, my two siblings lived in an RV for a large part of their childhood (starting in their tween years). I was already moved out by this point. Both of them enjoyed the time in the rv and do not say anything negative about it. My family had a toy hauler and they made it work by the parents taking the bedroom and the two kids shared the toy hauler area by putting in a temporary partition to make two separate spaces (one boy/one girl) for privacy.540Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
UPDATE: We have now been full time in the RV for a month! It has been a period of learning for sure. In the end, we decided to go with the mail service in Crestview. We are loving the RV life and our girls have settled in nicely. We both wish we would have done this sooner!476Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
WyoTraveler wrote: Executive wrote: Just a couple caveats. If you are true full timers...that is, you regularly move from place to place as opposed to living, say in Florida for six months and Michigan for six months, then you can pick and choose any state as your domicile state. Choosing your domicile state is important. Most entities use the IRS guidelines for determining which state that is. They look at what they call your "intent" when choosing your state. You establish 'intent' by moving your registration, driver's license, voter registration, bank accounts, mail, credit card accounts etc. to a particular state. We chose South Dakota because of 3%, now 4% sales tax, low registration fees, no income tax, no vehicle inspections and no luxury taxes on the coach. We use Americas Mailbox. Only issue we've had with using a mail forwarding service is with the stock brokers. Merrill Lynch had no problem with it but Scottrade demanded a physical address. So they are no longer handling my portfolio...:). Oregon and Nevada are two other states that have no income tax but they do have an additional tax on your RV. If you choose to establish another state as your resident state, be sure to sever ALL ties with your current state. That way there can be no doubt as to your intent. Finally, medical coverage is important, so research that fully before you make a decision....Dennis If I FT'd my choice would be SD and "Dakotapost". I don't FT but I use a P.O. box for all business mail and have never had a problem with Scottrade. Interesting. We don't want to change states as we are already licensed drivers in FL and our vehicles are registered here.476Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
rockhillmanor wrote: Florida is our current state and our proposed domicile state. Use a UPS STORE for your address. NOT UPS. UPS Store. https://www.theupsstore.com/Pages/index.aspx Pay a yearly fee no club to join and have your mail sent there. They give you a 'real address' so it will be accepted by all the things you need a real address for. And they will forward your mail where ever you want them to as you travel. Once you have established that address for insurance etc. the FL DMV will accept the address for your license. They are a franchise and they are in almost every city. There is one in the Villages in Florida off 441. Thank you. I will contact them as well. We have one just down the street.476Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
Executive wrote: Just a couple caveats. If you are true full timers...that is, you regularly move from place to place as opposed to living, say in Florida for six months and Michigan for six months, then you can pick and choose any state as your domicile state. Choosing your domicile state is important. Most entities use the IRS guidelines for determining which state that is. They look at what they call your "intent" when choosing your state. You establish 'intent' by moving your registration, driver's license, voter registration, bank accounts, mail, credit card accounts etc. to a particular state. We chose South Dakota because of 3%, now 4% sales tax, low registration fees, no income tax, no vehicle inspections and no luxury taxes on the coach. We use Americas Mailbox. Only issue we've had with using a mail forwarding service is with the stock brokers. Merrill Lynch had no problem with it but Scottrade demanded a physical address. So they are no longer handling my portfolio...:). Oregon and Nevada are two other states that have no income tax but they do have an additional tax on your RV. If you choose to establish another state as your resident state, be sure to sever ALL ties with your current state. That way there can be no doubt as to your intent. Finally, medical coverage is important, so research that fully before you make a decision....Dennis We will probably stay in each place for a month or so unless we want to move on sooner or sty longer once we get there. Florida is our current state and our proposed domicile state.476Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
sdianel wrote: www.myrvmail.com in Crestview FL will help establish address and help with mail forwarding and other things. We used them for awhile until we changed to our daughter's address. We found their service great. Never had a problem getting driver's licenses or tags using their service. Thank you. We will look into it. Do they just package up all your mail and send it to you periodically or open and scan it?476Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
Old-Biscuit wrote: 2 questions.... What type of full timing do you have planned? CGs, state/fed parks, boondocking. Reason I ask.......when we traveled FT we encounter lots of restrictions on pets. Max number, size and type........size/weight got us a few times What are you going to do for Medical Coverage? FT and Medical can be an issue when not on Medicare. So make sure your Medical is a PPO (not HMO) and check for what it covers/where it covers when not in state. We plan to make use of all different manners of stays- we don't want to be limited to just one manner of "stay" We will only have two pets when we go on the road- our one dog- is in the final stages before we have to "make the big decision" and our other dog is a service animal. The remaining two are pets. My husband's job provides us with BCBS which has providers worldwide (because he works for a global company). So we are covered for medical.476Views0likes0CommentsRe: In the process of becoming a full-timer
No grandchildren- we're only 30! Our girls love camping! They have no idea that they are tiny little fuzz muffins. Thank you for the additional resources. Florida does not require any inspections. 45% humidity? I'd probably have an itch to smack someone complaining about that :W Our days are often in the 90% humidity range (and it's awful). We have not done any dry camping- we just bought the RV at the beginning of this month and are still working at this time. We are selling all of our stuff. No storage units for us!58Views0likes0CommentsIn the process of becoming a full-timer
Hello All! This is my first post :B We are in the process of becoming full time RV'ers. It will be me, the hubby, and our furry daughters (small dogs). We have just purchased a 2015 Salem Cruise Lite 261BHXL- which we love. We don't have a departure date yet, as we are waiting for our house to sell. We just listed it Sunday. Our first house is already under contract and we are supposed to close by July 1. Anyways, my question has to do with establishing a "legal address." We are already Floridians (born and raised) so our vehicles are already titled here, etc. So, we were thinking of just joining Escapees to get the address to have on our license and them to forward our mail. Is that correct or am I missing something? Our daughters:4.3KViews0likes17Comments
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