costs

The costs involved in going full-time vary from person to person--it completely changes depending on the cost of your rig, your health insurance needs, and your basic way-of-living. This month has been a nail-biter--costs are hitting hard right now as we decided to get our rig early and suddenly instead of waiting until the house is sold. Granted, buying early is a risk--if our house doesn't sell, we'll be in financial difficulty in about 3 months. Well, that's not quite true--we would still have enough to live on, but we'd start to have to be much more frugal, that's for sure.

But, just to show you--the costs out-of-pocket this month:

$3000 - down payment on 5th wheel
$270 - insurance on 5th wheel
$886 - cost of hitch, brake control and installation (DON'T forget installation costs--they are pricy)
$250 - truck cover and cover lock (this isn't a necessity--but nice--we are going to the desert in a windy area)

Other--prep for house sale-
$90 - pest inspection (real estate pest inspection)
ca. $200 - mulch and flowers for yard
$48 - professional fertilizer and weed control application

and totally unexpected--getting cars ready for sale:
$744 - brake job on Rodeo
$286 - new axle/cv boot for Toyota

Grand total:
$5774

Thank goodness we've been saving as there is no way we could afford this otherwise. And also thankfully--the Toyota sold.