urbankid12
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I done van life and I love it during winter in quartzite Az. ..living in the Oklahoma City area for now trying to make some money..
I have 2 options rent an apartment 700 a month waste..
OR
Buy a RV (likely trailer? Idk) from like camping world and rent a camping spot for cheaper 550 with electricity or 350 without a month.. (likely with electricity for AC and electric heater)
Then whenever I am ready to leave (saved up enough money and online business is successful I can do it remotely) I can leave for Quartsite for the winter again ! I can stay on BLM land for a few more months (2weeks at a time) and then head back into town on a campground for 3-4 months and have the ULTIMATE flexibility!
This seems waaaaay to good to be true! I don’t think I’m able to fully understand the downsides so that’s why I want to ask if people see flaws in my concept...
Right now I have a minivan so pulling a trailer is out of the question I like being a minimalist but not having a nice office makes minivan life to difficult plus a freezer be nice to help eat healthy and a bigger fridge to load up a bit more..
I was looking at pop up trailers but I don’t know about that with a dog if I’m leaving to work. I seen some trailers for 8-11k at camping world around 19 feet.
I figured I could rent a truck for moving day. And eventually switch my minivan for a truck if everything falls together like I envisioned.
In stead of renting another apartment I could make payments on a trailer that I could OWN and move to wherever I please.. plus I could stay on BLM land if I had to or move into a town to get a job or I could park the trailer in a self storage lot while I go to quartsite for the winter and just do van life !! I already have a storage locker I pay for so why not have my parked RV on a self storage be my storage locker ..
This seems like to good of a solution for me there must be something I am missing!
I wouldn’t want a teardrop trailer or one that I couldn’t stand up in.. I thought about a bus conversion (or trailer conversion but without a truck that’s to complicated right now) which that’s MUCH more my style but I want to be able stay at RV parks for affordable monthly rates like 300-600 instead of paying an apartment.
What am I missing.. why is my plan awful because I’m overlooking something.. thanks in advance
I have 2 options rent an apartment 700 a month waste..
OR
Buy a RV (likely trailer? Idk) from like camping world and rent a camping spot for cheaper 550 with electricity or 350 without a month.. (likely with electricity for AC and electric heater)
Then whenever I am ready to leave (saved up enough money and online business is successful I can do it remotely) I can leave for Quartsite for the winter again ! I can stay on BLM land for a few more months (2weeks at a time) and then head back into town on a campground for 3-4 months and have the ULTIMATE flexibility!
This seems waaaaay to good to be true! I don’t think I’m able to fully understand the downsides so that’s why I want to ask if people see flaws in my concept...
Right now I have a minivan so pulling a trailer is out of the question I like being a minimalist but not having a nice office makes minivan life to difficult plus a freezer be nice to help eat healthy and a bigger fridge to load up a bit more..
I was looking at pop up trailers but I don’t know about that with a dog if I’m leaving to work. I seen some trailers for 8-11k at camping world around 19 feet.
I figured I could rent a truck for moving day. And eventually switch my minivan for a truck if everything falls together like I envisioned.
In stead of renting another apartment I could make payments on a trailer that I could OWN and move to wherever I please.. plus I could stay on BLM land if I had to or move into a town to get a job or I could park the trailer in a self storage lot while I go to quartsite for the winter and just do van life !! I already have a storage locker I pay for so why not have my parked RV on a self storage be my storage locker ..
This seems like to good of a solution for me there must be something I am missing!
I wouldn’t want a teardrop trailer or one that I couldn’t stand up in.. I thought about a bus conversion (or trailer conversion but without a truck that’s to complicated right now) which that’s MUCH more my style but I want to be able stay at RV parks for affordable monthly rates like 300-600 instead of paying an apartment.
What am I missing.. why is my plan awful because I’m overlooking something.. thanks in advance