Greetings,

Damian and I are going to be selling the house ASAP and buying an motorhome for fulltime living. We have wanted to do this for 15 years and now have the ability to do so, we will make "camp" in Southern Oregon but plan to travel. We are currently living in Western PA. We are quite excited and are ready to rid ourselves of the rat race. Any advice on selling our home and purchasing a Class C motorhome would be appreciated.

Thank you for having such a wonderful forum for introduction.

Damian & Dawn

Congratulations!  My husband and I are new fulltimers, but we did not have a house to sell.  The only advice I can offer is to start getting rid of the things you do not need as soon as possible......this can be a very time consuming process. 

Good Luck!
Colleen

Thank you! Getting rid of our possessions will be the most challenging part of our whole endeavor. We have an extensive library that will be especially hard to part with on this journey. I contacted some RV dealers and real estate agents today and am starting a blog about our adventure as so many of you have done. http://rvinglifestyle.livejournal.com/ Love&Light Damian & Dawn

Well Damian and Dawn Sherri and I wish you all the success in your endevors to sell and head out on the highways of this great nation. If you decide to go with a class C be sure to get all the slides you can and spend some time in one at the dealership to see how it feels to be in it. Heck if you have to spend the whole day hanging around in it...do so. Get in the shower and the toilet room move all around as though you were living in it. Pretend to cook in the kitchen and see if you have room on the counter top to do what you have to do to prepare a meal. Try to make the bed...do you have room all the way around it to make it? Can you get into the closet and get your clothes out...do you have room to put your clothes on...do you have room for clothes. Can you both navigate through the bath area at the same time. Can you watch TV without people walking in front of you when they are going in and out of the RV or preparing the evening meal. What kind of storage do you have ...does it match up to your needs? Remember the longer you fulltime the more stuff you will toss out. What kind of plumbing fixtures does it have ....plastic or residential. Wood cabinets...sturdy drawer pulls. Insulation values for those hot and cold days. Engine transmission capable of getting you, fully loaded up and down the hills? Leveling jacks. Here are a few things to get you started. I am sure that the rest of the family here will add some more good ideas for you to look at before you whip out that check book. Good luck to you and if the timing is right we will see you down the road Somewhere in Time Joe and Sherri

Thanks for the sound advice, this is an endeavor that we are planning to fulfill within the next year not the next month. We still have to sell this house in an unstable market. Rid ourselves of priceless possessions, Ugh. Save up a three month cushion allowance. Here is our plan for those interested....

                  The Grand Scheme

1. Rid ourselves of non-essentials

2. Sell House

3. Use proceeds to buy and RV

4. Our budget will be 2,000 dollars a month. I fortunately receive SSI.

5. Eventually buy land in Southern Oregon.

6. Live in RV on said land.

7. Build a self contained solar/wind powered yurt from kit.
LINK http://www.raineryurts.com

8. Travel with our RV having a home base in Southern Oregon.

Does this seem like a sound plan? We will have zero debt and guaranteed income while we are fulltime RVing. Damian plans to work as well on our journey. We found some great information about doing that at http://www.coolworks.com

You can stretch that budget by staying in you home base for periods of time. This will allow you to have more money on the months you travel. I am working on a simular budget that will allow us to travel on much less money than some of the big boys. Just can't travel all the time. It will all work out and if you can do some workamping you'll have another way to stretch out those $. Good luck to you both Joe and Sherri

Welcome to the forum.

Speedy is right. you can stretch that budget way out by staying on a piece of property that you own, and not traveling so much.

Good luck with your plans

Jim

rainbow: I think your yurt link is incorrect. it should be www.rainieryurts.com

Thanks you are correct

Dude is always right... Dr. Speedmister

Wish you the best on your plans.
We are not able to fulltime for another year, but it seems as if it does take some time to get prepared to change lifestyles.
We have really enjoyed the forum and have learned many things from those who as very experienced. We can all just enjoy the preparations and plans.

Tom and Debbie