Fulltimers

[Dave5Cs]

We have owned 14 houses, moved at lease 21 times and got tired of all the accumulated stuff you get from all that. As a contractor I would build a house and move into it and finish it then wait for the sell, move again and build another one. It got old especially now with the down housing economy. so while living in the bus discovered it is our new adventure. we love parks that are by the water to go fishing and the people that come by wanting to know about the coach, how people on the road help each other out when needed. Some people in life seem to get stuck in their houses and don't even talk to their neighbors. They just go to work and come home. Interesting life styles out there as fulltimers.

Dave5Cs

[white-eagle]

Fran and I are going on 5 years, 3 years without a house.  We do computer consulting on the side, camphosts, sell advertising, do RV shows, and mooch off our friends as well as offering our own private campsite to those we've mooched from, if they get North.

I agree with what Dave said, people get in a rut of going to work and back without talking to neighbors.  i could look down the line of backyards and never see another person most evenings.  Now we have a lot of very good friends, a lot of friends, and we've met a lot of great acquaintances and story tellers.

I had to convince Fran it was the right thing.  now i think she'd look for a new bus driver if i suggested stopping.

[luvrbus]

I lived in 4 different state no telling how many different houses,I find it hard to believe someone would not know his neighbors no matter where we live x neighbors are in touch or stop by from time to time

[Dave5Cs]

Some i have lived in we would try to get to know neighbors and we did. Sometimes it was good generally in rural areas. But i have lived in areas where homes are closer together and people talk but don't really know each other. They have garage openers and you see them drive in and out but you never seem to see them outside very much. You invite them to a gathering BBQ etc. friends show up but the neighbors come only for a little while and go home. We are kick back people, we don't go to the mall and shop, we worked on our homes and took care of our yards. If we walked we would stop and talk with anyone in the neighborhood that was out. More neighborhoods are becoming walled in areas with HOA's and have gardeners that show up once a week. I used to mow my own lawn as well as tune my vehicles up etc.

Life is different now. Don't know if that is bad or good. Fulltiming is different and people talk and interact, they will help ya out if you get in a bind because they know it may be them someday. If your gas runs out and they have a full one they will say here use mine and I will take your when you get it filled.

Dave5Cs

[luvrbus]

HOA that is a nasty word Dave that group needs to go it started out ok but when a group can tell you what color to paint your house you paid for that is just too much for me so I am going to paint ours pink just for the hell of it

[Scott & Heather]

Sometimes Heather and I wonder if we can ever go back to living in a house. The 9-5 lifestyle is nice and predictable and honestly there's nothing wrong with it, but even after parking in a place for 6 months, we get itchy feet and want to move. Crazy. Almost like we have traveling A.D.D. I sure hope if we ever have to settle down someday that we actually can do it because after just a year of full timing we can't imagine any other lifestyle.


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[Dave5Cs]

Clifford I agree on the HOA, and will add some of them need to be audited. They are making long dollars on other peoples money that is supposed to be used for fixing community problems not their own investments and desires.

Full-timing is always an adventure for us. We realize now that "workamping" is BS and that hosting is the way to go from what we have heard. Or being able to work on the net, or producing something you can sell on the road, or service you could provide. Or being retired which we are not yet at 59. Money can be a struggle at times but seems to work out. Have to watch fuel and repairs, but you would have repairs and property taxes with a house as well as higher insurance.

Dave5Cs

[luvrbus]

Yep Dave our HOA is 4600 a year we get nothing but a guard and a gate opener plus a nasty letter sometimes lol

[Dave5Cs]

Never lived in one with an hOA but have built in a few areas that have them. I talked to one of the people whp lived there. I asked them why they like it. He said it keeps property values up if everyone keeps their property up etc. by the laws set by the group that runs it. I said to him that in our area if someone helped drop the property values we just threw them out, LOL
clifford I do like your pink idea though maybe with orange strips!...

Dave5Cs

[gg04]

We normally have 4 workamper couples through the winter season....they keep coming back...Still haven't found one that wants to stay through the summer...little warm maybe ...rdw