oraclejessi
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[font=inherit, serif]Hello friends![/font]
I've been watching full-time RV-life YouTube videos (of course, Bob's is included!) for a better part of a year, and have been following other minimalist lifestyle YouTubers for 2-3 years, now, and I'm taking my first steps towards starting my own full-time RV-life journey.
[font=inherit, serif]I'm making this introduction post mostly to ask for advice and do some positive networking. [/font]
First off, I'd like to say that I was actually born near the RV Capital of the World: Elkhart, IN. I enjoyed weekend and week-long trips as a child and now want to go back to that!
[font=inherit, serif]I'm in my late 20's and have a BA in Applied Cultural Anthropology and Religious Studies. I've spent the last 6 years since graduating in the same town I went to college in, near Indianapolis, Indiana. [/font]
[font=inherit, serif]Once I realized a few weeks ago that I had been in this same town for nearly ten years, and my whole life in the same state, my heart said, "It's time to go." [/font]
[font=inherit, serif]My lease is up at the end of July and I've decided that I'd like to see if I can start full-timing with a "Learner RV" by then. I've tried the rat race, with its student loans and credit card debt, and it's not for me anymore.[/font]
[font=inherit, serif]I've figured out that I'd be looking for a Class C so that I can live comfortably with my two furbaby-kitties and (possibly) my live-in boyfriend.[/font]
[font=inherit, serif]The biggest problem I'm coming up against right now is that I don't really have any money (as it's all sucked up in paying rent and utility bills, yuck!). [/font]
[font=inherit, serif]I do have a client-based business that I'm still getting up and running. Hopefully, I'll make some changes and I'll get more clients here soon. My *ultimate* dream would be to have the biz take off so well that my boyfriend and I could quit our J-O-B-S and he could work on his biz while we live the digital nomad life, complete with our respective YT channels and wonderful "work" (that just feels more like PLAY).[/font]
I also have a J-O-B that I don't like and a 2004 Cadillac DeVille with low miles that I also currently drive for Uber with.
According to KBB, my car should bring me about $2.5k in cash if I sold it. Since I got it 3 months ago, I've put in about $800 worth in repairs to it, even though my grandparents did a wonderful job at taking care of it. (Yes, ask me how much I paid for it! ) I'm pretty sure I would be willing to sell/trade my car for a down payment on an RV, but that would also mean I was "giving up" a *relatively* solid income stream, plus a luxury town car.
[font=inherit, serif]Here's another problem: I don't want to go through a dealership or a bank in order to get an RV. I don't need any more debt in my life...I've collected enough in my first 20+ years, I'll take some time to pay it down before I'd consider getting more, even if it meant the freedom of my own RV. [/font]
So, here's what I'd like some specific advice on, if y'all have stuck around this long (thank you!!!): How do I go about finding someone willing to do a lease-to-own type of thing with me one-on-one? How do I know that I'm not going to be taken advantage of in that situation, and how do I assure that person that I'm not going to screw them over? (Also, BONUS if any of y'all are this wonderful person willing to take a chance on a young chick with two fur-babies looking to break out of the rat race! Or someone who can put me in touch with such an angel person...)
In my experience, the intentions you put out to the Universe is what happens, so I expect to meet intentional, kind, loving people who are willing to help me out because I know that's what I would do if I were in a position to help. Hopefully I'm right in my beliefs.
[font=inherit, serif]Beyond my specific questions, any other helpful advice would be much appreciated! I love what I've seen so far of this community, and of the RV community in general, and I can't wait to see what y'all have coming up in your own Paths, as well.[/font]
[font=inherit, serif]Thank you so much! Safe travels, y'all, and Happy New Year![/font]
[font=inherit, serif]~Oracle Jessi~[/font]
I've been watching full-time RV-life YouTube videos (of course, Bob's is included!) for a better part of a year, and have been following other minimalist lifestyle YouTubers for 2-3 years, now, and I'm taking my first steps towards starting my own full-time RV-life journey.
[font=inherit, serif]I'm making this introduction post mostly to ask for advice and do some positive networking. [/font]
First off, I'd like to say that I was actually born near the RV Capital of the World: Elkhart, IN. I enjoyed weekend and week-long trips as a child and now want to go back to that!
[font=inherit, serif]I'm in my late 20's and have a BA in Applied Cultural Anthropology and Religious Studies. I've spent the last 6 years since graduating in the same town I went to college in, near Indianapolis, Indiana. [/font]
[font=inherit, serif]Once I realized a few weeks ago that I had been in this same town for nearly ten years, and my whole life in the same state, my heart said, "It's time to go." [/font]
[font=inherit, serif]My lease is up at the end of July and I've decided that I'd like to see if I can start full-timing with a "Learner RV" by then. I've tried the rat race, with its student loans and credit card debt, and it's not for me anymore.[/font]
[font=inherit, serif]I've figured out that I'd be looking for a Class C so that I can live comfortably with my two furbaby-kitties and (possibly) my live-in boyfriend.[/font]
[font=inherit, serif]The biggest problem I'm coming up against right now is that I don't really have any money (as it's all sucked up in paying rent and utility bills, yuck!). [/font]
[font=inherit, serif]I do have a client-based business that I'm still getting up and running. Hopefully, I'll make some changes and I'll get more clients here soon. My *ultimate* dream would be to have the biz take off so well that my boyfriend and I could quit our J-O-B-S and he could work on his biz while we live the digital nomad life, complete with our respective YT channels and wonderful "work" (that just feels more like PLAY).[/font]
I also have a J-O-B that I don't like and a 2004 Cadillac DeVille with low miles that I also currently drive for Uber with.
According to KBB, my car should bring me about $2.5k in cash if I sold it. Since I got it 3 months ago, I've put in about $800 worth in repairs to it, even though my grandparents did a wonderful job at taking care of it. (Yes, ask me how much I paid for it! ) I'm pretty sure I would be willing to sell/trade my car for a down payment on an RV, but that would also mean I was "giving up" a *relatively* solid income stream, plus a luxury town car.
[font=inherit, serif]Here's another problem: I don't want to go through a dealership or a bank in order to get an RV. I don't need any more debt in my life...I've collected enough in my first 20+ years, I'll take some time to pay it down before I'd consider getting more, even if it meant the freedom of my own RV. [/font]
So, here's what I'd like some specific advice on, if y'all have stuck around this long (thank you!!!): How do I go about finding someone willing to do a lease-to-own type of thing with me one-on-one? How do I know that I'm not going to be taken advantage of in that situation, and how do I assure that person that I'm not going to screw them over? (Also, BONUS if any of y'all are this wonderful person willing to take a chance on a young chick with two fur-babies looking to break out of the rat race! Or someone who can put me in touch with such an angel person...)
In my experience, the intentions you put out to the Universe is what happens, so I expect to meet intentional, kind, loving people who are willing to help me out because I know that's what I would do if I were in a position to help. Hopefully I'm right in my beliefs.
[font=inherit, serif]Beyond my specific questions, any other helpful advice would be much appreciated! I love what I've seen so far of this community, and of the RV community in general, and I can't wait to see what y'all have coming up in your own Paths, as well.[/font]
[font=inherit, serif]Thank you so much! Safe travels, y'all, and Happy New Year![/font]
[font=inherit, serif]~Oracle Jessi~[/font]