But I'm so ready in my mind! 2 years ago we sold our home and moved into our motorhome while looking for land to build on. At that point we was making $3000 a month on the money sitting in the bank and my wife has another $25K a year coming in on retirement. We should have turned the key and drove off then!! But we decided 1 more house.. what was we thinking. Oh well,, we will be in our home 2 years in april and will be past the capital gains period and we are going to try and sell. If it turns out we should end up with $600K in the bank plus my wifes $25k income and no bills. We hope to then see if we can live off of the interest and her income and hit the road. Keeping the money in the back for our exit plan if we tire of the road. I'm 50, so it's some time before any goverment money starts coming my way, and she is not much closer. I'm a toy's kind of guy,, Harley,, honda trike,, sandrail ext. Not sure I can last forever without those things. All the other material things I could care less about.
Anyway,,, I'm glad to have stumbled across this web site. Looks like a great place.
Ranger375 said
09:33 AM Dec 12, 2009
Welcome to the forum!!!
One of the things we have found as we researched is that it isn't necessarily a black or white kind of thing -- this life style.
There are many shades of gray that can be achieved.
What we did was to push aside the current reality of where we are and really -- and I mean REALLY focused on our desired "day in the life" of this life style.
We listed the things that we felt were imperatives to the end result.
You know the things we just couldn't do without. The things that we love to do.
For example -- for me it was tournament bass fishing -- there is a shiny fully rigged Ranger Bass Boat that is still sitting here and will go with us or will be pre-positioned in areas that I like to fish.
I get tremendous joy out of fishing and won't give it up. I just needed to change how I do it and maybe where.
To really get creative we had to give ourselves the problem first. We had to clearly define the goals and then just let our minds work on the solution.
The problem was this -- how can we live this lifestyle but still be able to fish and have something to fish with?
So we simply said if we didn't have the problems we think we have in doing this what would it look like?
It was weird actually. When we first started this there appeared no way that we could have what we wanted but as time went on we started to have ideas pop into our head that would allow us to hit the target.
We told some friends of what we wanted too. We had some ideas -- some crazy at first suggested -- but then the more we thought about these -- seemingly crazy ideas -- the more we found out they weren't so crazy.
We were firmly mired in the present -- the way it had always been. We just couldn't get out of the mud so to speak -- until -- we did what I wrote above.
Funny how the mind works -- give it a problem -- and some time -- open yourself up to just about any option -- and watch how answers start to pop up.
Heck -- we figured if people could come up with ideas like the internet and the cell phone from nothing -- we could figure out how to create something too out of what our minds told us was nothing.
Ken and Nanette.
-- Edited by Ranger375 on Saturday 12th of December 2009 09:35:45 AM
Jim01 said
02:30 PM Dec 12, 2009
Welcome Hdrider.
You're right, this is a great place with lots of friendly folks willing to help. If you haven't already, check out Howard and Linda's financial information. It may help you make a decision.
Lots of good info on this site.
Jim
Kerri said
02:34 PM Dec 12, 2009
Welcome! Sounds as though you have a plan and you are working it... it will come together... You've already gotten some great advice. Keep thinking, keep planning. I tell everyone that I am in the "wishin'/hopin'/plannin'" phase. Every thing I do to move us closer to our goal counts, no matter how small the act!
There are some really great people on here with a ton of knowledge. You can ask them anything! Have a great day...
Kerri
phyllen said
02:44 PM Dec 12, 2009
About 5 years ago we met a couple who were workamping and fulltimers. We never HEARD of such a thing and were absolutely HORRIFIED that people lived that way. Well that was in May. By September of the same year we decided that would be the life for us. After a few (more than a few) bumps in the road - our new life starts in 4 weeks and 2 days.
You can do it too!
Hey, Ranger - some years ago we bought property up on a mountain in Arkansas for retirement. After going back a few times to check it out, we saw very unsavory people had also bought property up there and were using some of our 14 acres for a dump. We sold. Anyway, it was in Flippen - home of the Ranger Bass Boat!
Speedhitch said
07:43 AM Dec 13, 2009
If you can't make it on that then I am really in trouble. Welcome to our family.
Hdrider said
07:07 AM Dec 15, 2009
Jim01 wrote:
Welcome Hdrider.
You're right, this is a great place with lots of friendly folks willing to help. If you haven't already, check out Howard and Linda's financial information. It may help you make a decision.
Lots of good info on this site.
Jim
I have read Howard and Linds's information.. great reading. And in part is why we have a for sale sign in front of our house now
But I'm so ready in my mind! 2 years ago we sold our home and moved into our motorhome while looking for land to build on. At that point we was making $3000 a month on the money sitting in the bank and my wife has another $25K a year coming in on retirement. We should have turned the key and drove off then!!
But we decided 1 more house.. what was we thinking.
Oh well,, we will be in our home 2 years in april and will be past the capital gains period and we are going to try and sell. If it turns out we should end up with $600K in the bank plus my wifes $25k income and no bills.
We hope to then see if we can live off of the interest and her income and hit the road. Keeping the money in the back for our exit plan if we tire of the road.
I'm 50, so it's some time before any goverment money starts coming my way, and she is not much closer.
I'm a toy's kind of guy,, Harley,, honda trike,, sandrail ext. Not sure I can last forever without those things. All the other material things I could care less about.
Anyway,,, I'm glad to have stumbled across this web site. Looks like a great place.
One of the things we have found as we researched is that it isn't necessarily a black or white kind of thing -- this life style.
There are many shades of gray that can be achieved.
What we did was to push aside the current reality of where we are and really -- and I mean REALLY focused on our desired "day in the life" of this life style.
We listed the things that we felt were imperatives to the end result.
You know the things we just couldn't do without. The things that we love to do.
For example -- for me it was tournament bass fishing -- there is a shiny fully rigged Ranger Bass Boat that is still sitting here and will go with us or will be pre-positioned in areas that I like to fish.
I get tremendous joy out of fishing and won't give it up. I just needed to change how I do it and maybe where.
To really get creative we had to give ourselves the problem first. We had to clearly define the goals and then just let our minds work on the solution.
The problem was this -- how can we live this lifestyle but still be able to fish and have something to fish with?
So we simply said if we didn't have the problems we think we have in doing this what would it look like?
It was weird actually. When we first started this there appeared no way that we could have what we wanted but as time went on we started to have ideas pop into our head that would allow us to hit the target.
We told some friends of what we wanted too. We had some ideas -- some crazy at first suggested -- but then the more we thought about these -- seemingly crazy ideas -- the more we found out they weren't so crazy.
We were firmly mired in the present -- the way it had always been. We just couldn't get out of the mud so to speak -- until -- we did what I wrote above.
Funny how the mind works -- give it a problem -- and some time -- open yourself up to just about any option -- and watch how answers start to pop up.
Heck -- we figured if people could come up with ideas like the internet and the cell phone from nothing -- we could figure out how to create something too out of what our minds told us was nothing.
Ken and Nanette.
-- Edited by Ranger375 on Saturday 12th of December 2009 09:35:45 AM
You're right, this is a great place with lots of friendly folks willing to help. If you haven't already, check out Howard and Linda's financial information. It may help you make a decision.
Lots of good info on this site.
Jim
There are some really great people on here with a ton of knowledge. You can ask them anything! Have a great day...
Kerri