[77newell]

I would like to offer a few cautionary thoughts, hopefully without being negative. These coaches are incredibly complex and while not requiring a lot of maintenance, they are not cheap to own, especially if you have to pay someone to do it. If i recall correctly (a risky proposition at my age) several people on this site and the former site have noted annual expenses in the $10,000 or more range, even while doing some of the work themselves. That is an average, some years are probably much higher with other years lower. My 77 coach ranged from $1,200 to about $7,000. My 93 coach is recent enough to me to be unknown. This is a problem for someone like Tammy only if they don't see it coming.

Another surprise for many is that financing is nearly impossible on these older coaches. If someone expects to finance the purchase they will probably be disappointed, especially if they have gotten excited about a particular coach and then find out financing isn't available.

Finally, we humans are lousy predictors of what will make us happy. Unless someone has spent extended time living in an rv they can't really know how they will react to the reality. It may work out wonderfully, but it may make you miserable. Unless someone has extensive experience living in an rv I would think it wise to have a clear exit plan, a plan for how to move back to bricks and mortar. It is awesome to full time, if it suits you. The only way to find out if it suits you is to do, but be cautious about making it too hard to reverse until experience supplies the answer.

I don't know enough about Tammy's situation to know how much of these thoughts apply in her situation. These are the thoughts I had as I read her postings here.