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Investment Properties
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I was wondering if anyone had investment properties and traveled for months at a time... We are getting ready to sell our house.. We have our camper and truck so we do not need to spend any money there...We have a good retirement savings and we both plan to work when we travel. My husband wants to invest...
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Need Insurance Information, Please.
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It is now "crunch time". Our Mobile Suites arrived at the dealership yesterday, so we should have it ourselves sometime next week. What I need now is information regarding insurance that is more specific than what I've read online. Besides calling Miller Insurance (H&L's broker...
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Terry and Jo
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Could we make it full timing?
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My husband and I have been going through some trying times lately and I am thinking it is time to throw caution to the wind and do something totally outside the box. FULL TIMING!
The thing is we are in a bad place financially. My husband is in a job he is not enjoying and it is not paying the bills. We can not...
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crunchymom
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Umbrella Policy
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Who do those of you who have an additional umbrella policy buy yours from. We bought our 5ver and fulltimers insurance from Miller Insurance but was a little disappointed when the agent I was talking to didn't seem willing to sell me an umbrella policy.
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Racerguy
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State selection
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I've seen several posts on the subject of selecting one's state of domicile and/or residency. Howard also has some good information on the web site. However, all of the information on taxes, insurance, registration, etc. seems mostly anecdotal. Has anyone found a web site or book that helps wit...
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RonaldNC
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Choosing a Home Base
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We’re trying to decide on the most cost effective Home Base. Our pension is significant enough so that avoiding State income tax is primary. That narrows our search to Nevada, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Florida and New Hampshire. Do you know which of these states charge personal property tax...
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TravelingDog
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Hope you are counting depreciation.....
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Judy and I are in the process of giving up our 3 years of fulltiming for our new found Shangri-La. It is amazing how much value you loose on your RV each year while on the road. Everyone needs to count this into their monthly and yearly expences. Once this figure is caculated in the "life on the ro...
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travelinbob
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Tossed out for opinions
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I'm a straight forward open guy,, so I have a senerio to toss out. Tell me if I'm an idiot for concidering this in this market beings I have a good job. We are both just over 50,,, she has a retirement income coming in plus investment's,,, I'm still working at a job with no retirement except what I save. It...
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RV'ers ahead of their time
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Browsing through the internet I ran into this article from Yahoo about what people are cutting back on in times of a weak economy. In reading it, I thought not only has all this stuff made sense to me in the past, it's actually what many of you RV'ers have been doing for years and why I have become interes...
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rjenkins
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2009 Travel & Expense Info
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For those that follow our blog and are planning to fulltime in the future, I thought I would publish some statistics to indicate what we did this year and our expenses in major categories that would have some commonality. 2009 was our 4th year on the road and the Wandering Wishnies haven't slowed down a...
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Luvglass
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6 Slided Prairie Schooner by Gulf Stream
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While at the Tampa RV Show today we saw a beautiful 6 slided fiver by Gulf stream a Prairie Schooner. It just came out for this year and its the 39 FRE. The webpage for it I understand is not up yet. My question has anyone saw it yet?? We LOVED the show and went the 2 days. southwestjudy
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Extended Service Plans
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I have a Travel Trailer with a two year warranty, of which one year is already used, leaving me with one more year. I am considering Good Sam for Extended Warranty coverage. Does anyone have any feelings either way on this provider? Thanks for your input, Marty
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Budget work
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I am working up my budget for full timing and need to know how many KWH of electricity y'all may use per month? I have a price per KWH. I hope I am not asking a personal question.
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bubbadan
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Supporting the Fulltime Lifestyle
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My wife and I look forward to the day we can live fulltime in an RV. We are currently working on our debt retirement. We hope to be able to have our fiver and truck paid for as well. Unfortunatley we will not have much invested to create an income once we get there. We don't need much to live on and we know th...
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eagleshea
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Financial Planning
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We are starting a financial course by Dave Ramsey. As we get closer to fulltiming we need to get our stuff in order. Should have done this years ago. My question is, has anyone here used this course? We have to start a budget, sell everything, sell one house and the list goes on....on....on. Way...
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Retired Military
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I was wondering if those of you that are retired from the military and are fulltimers, did you retire from another career too. Or are you just doing it on your retirement pension? Hope that is not too personal of a question. How often do you stay in fam camps on military installations?
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separate checking accounts
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Hello again,
As Sandy and I dig deeper into this change of lifestyle we eagerly await in a few short years, we constantly learn there are many things we will need to decide. And so I wonder how many of you full-timers have maintained separate checking accounts. We are interested in hearing reasons...
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Budget
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I am trying to start preparing a budget for one, full timing in a 5er. How much should I budget for the CG cost each month not moving around much at first. I plan to live in my 5er until I turn 66 in four years then start seeing this wonderful country of ours. Also about how much should I budget for utility cost...
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bubbadan
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Cold Weather Propane Costs
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Can anyone give me an idea of the monthly costs for propane when staying in a cold environment? I know it depends on a lot of factors but I'm just looking for a rough idea. By "cold", I mean ~30 degrees at night and ~45 degree days. I would be in a fairly well insulated fifth wheel rated for ful...
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DreamerBob
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Paid movie extra
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No, really. I will be part of a crowd scene for the "Warrior" now shooting in Pittsburgh. I have done extra work before --in Pittsburgh-- and it's fun. Long day, but fun. imdb.com has lists of movies 'in production, but I found this one through craigslist "ETC" column.
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TrishsTravco
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Craigslist jobs, not bad
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I know, I know... All the fuss over the man who killed that woman who'd advertised on Craiglsist.... What she did was... well, her business, but she certainly did not deserve to be murdered for it. Last night, I went through Craigslist jobs in the "etcetera" section and found at least 12, 7...
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TrishsTravco
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YAHOO, I got it!!
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So I am now officially broke - but at least I have a place to live! LOL I was talking to my wonderful friend Maria this morning and she said, "Oh, don't borrow money! I'll lend it to you!" That's the kind of person she is - what a gem. So I wrote a check a few hours ago for everything I had in the b...
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Full-timers who return for Christmas holidays where it snows
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We are in the final phase of getting rid of clothes that we do not need or want to squeeze into the motorhome. We will live in our coach full-time 24/7/365 and we plan to follow the sun and warmer temperatures from November through early May. However, we will return to the Chicago area for Christmas (sno...
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foxriverguy
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Hey, I bought a 5th wheel!!!!
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We're finalizing the loan terms tomorrow, but I just wanted to thank everyone for your support and to let you know that I have bought a 5th wheel. As soon as I walked into it, I fell in love with it - and I didn't feel that way about anything else I saw. Here is a link to what I bought, plus the RV park I'm moving...
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I'm so bummed, I may not get financing....
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My salesperson has tried everything....I'm amazed, because I've never had a problem buying anything before and I have an excellent credit rating. Two things that are hampering me: 1) I'm unemployed, and although I'm getting $1800/month on unemployment, I'm still unemployed therefore I have...
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Am trying to figure out if I have enough money to workamp...
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I've just gone thru literally days of working thru figures and reading a LOT of the posts on this forum, including Howard's very useful posts about finances and budgeting - and I'm still not sure if I have enough money to workamp. Is it possible to get your opinions? I followed Howard's suggestions abo...
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Bigger Fifth Wheels Approved
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I just read Sat. edition of www.RVtravel.com that RVA approved to increase the mazimum size of fifth wheels from 400 sq. ft. to 430 sq. ft. and the new rule takes place immediately so they are saying to keep your eyes open for more spacious fivers in the months ahead. Maybe this will help some of the indu...
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Judy
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Any full-timers doing car wrap advertising?
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Are they any full-time RVers out there that have or have had their tow vehicles of possibly there RVs or fifth wheels wrapped with vinyl graphics as a moving billboard? We are doing all the planning and preparing for our full-time RV life while we are waiting for our house to sell and we've been trying...
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jdkblue
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Canadians and workamping in U.S.
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As retirement draws closer for us, we want to become full timers. If we spend winters in the southern U.S., will we be able to workamp for our sites? Texas, New Mexico and Arizona would be our choices to winter in. -- Edited by pmwade on Tuesday 31st of March 2009 06:35:31 PM
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Keeping track of expenses
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I would like to find a sample page for keeping track of RVing expenses. There are books you can buy, but I don't want to spend $25 or more for a book of 80 or so pages. I know it sounds heretical in this world of hi tech solutions, but it never made sense to me to have to turn on the computer, call up a spreadshe...
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