Might as well buy a house!

[justlucky]

^^^Makes an overpriced used truck and trailer at maybe 1/10th the price look pretty good!!! Lol!!! My 1978 J10 truck cost $1,500 over 15 years ago and a 1991 twenty foot camper trailer in 2010 was $2,800. Sold the trailer in 2015 for $2,900 after doing $400 of up grades. Still own the truck and after 15 years of towing, hauling a homemade camper and 4 wheeling dirt roads and trails it has cost me about $15,000 total in maintenance and repairs. To replace it with a newer truck that gets much better fuel economy would be a minimum of almost 3 times that not to mention increased taxes and insurance. If I travel less than 10,000 miles a year it would take several years to come out ahead buying a new truck. I guess I’ll continue to throw a few thousand dollars every few years into the old truck till I can no longer drive. If you see an old white haired guy driving old truck with the window rolled down, smiling, wave! Lol!!!

A J10 sweet old Jeep I will wave!!! myself I had a 72 Wagoneer 327, 79 Cherokee chief 401,86 Grand Wagoneer put the 401 in it spring over axle locker in the rear 58 MJ101 141, 71 CJ5 225, 73 CJ5304, 74 CJ6 258 then a 360 built to the hilt the whole Jeep participated in the Moab Easter Jeep Safari 15 years if you see a 94 Ford High top van (my home) with a grey hair guy waving it might be me also went to Bullfrog on Memorial crazy dayz back in the 80's and 90's when the lake was full
I was a Manager at a Manufactured home community of 360 units in Taylorsville Utah for 15 years it is a nice community and works out well for many but plan on rent raises every year

 

[Lizmccal]

I follow a youtuber called Dia’s frugal life who is currently doing minivan life. She is in the process of buying a house in Oklahoma for 50k. That’s less than many vans I’m seeing now days. There are still places you can buy houses cheap in towns in the USA. I want to do both when I’m older. Getting a cheap house and traveling in a minivan sounds good to me.

 

[jacqueg]

The main trouble with that is...Oklahoma.

I can't afford any place that I'd consider settling down in.

 

[A Wing and a Prayer]

I purchased a park model in a nice rv park where you own the lot for $45,000, a year and a half ago. I put around $30,000 into it remodeling. Now I bet I could get $140,000 if I wanted to sell it, prices have gone up that much. HOA is $136 per month and includes internet, cable, water, sewer. Taxes are $250 per year. I couldn't live cheaper as a nomad as I like to be on the grid. There are deals out there if you're looking for a home base. Only problem is the big price increases in this last year have been crazy. I won't mention the name of the park but I live in Florida.

 

[Jimmyflorida]

I did something similar I purchased a mobilehome in Florida for $78k in neighborhood no hoa taxes are $850 a year I still spend 2-3 months a year traveling but it pretty cheap living for sure