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Originally Posted by Rain Man
So you're living life on the road? Tell me more. I think that would be a great way to retire, but my wife rolls her eyes any time I mention it.
Do you have a general budget? I presume that you're only paying for hook-up utilities and internet in terms of housing? What's your monthly gasoline cost? (If you don't mind sharing.)
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Well, kinda on the road. We usually stay in one location for 2-3 months depending on the seasons. I was offered a work from home position about 4 years ago and decided that "home" could be elsewhere as I was wanting to get back to the Rockies and the Black Hills again. We sold our house, most of our belongings and put the rest in storage. We had a budget, but I was always going over by eating out too much, but nothing too excessive. I have a dually that is diesel, so those costs averaged about $180 month. As i worked from home and we took our Goldwing with us, I usually drove that to keep things in line wrt diesel costs. Monthly lot rents vary greatly, but we averaged about $500/month with electricity costs of around $75. Right now, it's $375/month and our electric bill was $68. Water/Sewer is generally included in the lot rent. Internet is via the Verizon Jetpack and I get 15GB/month high speed and then it's throttled after that to 600 MBps. As long as I didn't watch much Netflix on my connection, it was fine. I use Directv and had a Winegard dish installed on the roof, so only need to turn it on and off and it will automatically find the satellites at any location as long as there are no trees in the way. There is a lot of maintenance, but it's really simple compared to the house, so most of the work I do myself. Had a couple of issues with our bedroom slide and called in a guy to do that, but everything else I did myself. This isn't for everyone and it's really important that your spouse is fully supportive and committed. I was very lucky in that regard.