Purchased a 2016 truck and 2017 35ft trailer one year ago for about $30k each with a $10k loan at 3.5%. Added about $5k of solar. Sold our house and switched residence to a no income tax state. Spent the last year seeing family and traveling the Mountain West. Stayed just outside Natl. Glacier for a month with rent of $1000 with full hookups. There is BLM and NFS land you can stay for free, just have to move every 2 weeks. BLM also offers land in AZ and CA that you can stay in place for up to 6 months for about $1 a day with easy access to water, trash, and dump; we spent 6 weeks at Quartzsite, AZ for $20/wk while I installed the solar. Nice long walks with our dog free to roam off leash. We have our bed, kitchen, bathroom, and hobbies with us as we go. Fully funding 401K and IRAs incl. catch-ups along with more savings (also did this while a homeowner). If you are going to base a rant off of a TV show, then do next how dumb it is to own a house based on no experience other than watching the ridiculous home buying/improvement cable TV shows.
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Purchased a 2016 truck and 2017 35ft trailer one year ago for about $30k each with a $10k loan at 3.5%. Added about $5k of solar. Sold our house and switched residence to a no income tax state. Spent the last year seeing family and traveling the Mountain West. Stayed just outside Natl. Glacier for a month with rent of $1000 with full hookups. There is BLM and NFS land you can stay for free, just have to move every 2 weeks. BLM also offers land in AZ and CA that you can stay in place for up to 6 months for about $1 a day with easy access to water, trash, and dump; we spent 6 weeks at Quartzsite, AZ for $20/wk while I installed the solar. Nice long walks with our dog free to roam off leash. We have our bed, kitchen, bathroom, and hobbies with us as we go. Fully funding 401K and IRAs incl. catch-ups along with more savings (also did this while a homeowner). If you are going to base a rant off of a TV show, then do next how dumb it is to own a house based on no experience other than watching the ridiculous home buying/improvement cable TV shows.
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