To Have and To Hold? Or Sell That House and Go Fulltiming

It's a question that a lot of fulltime wannabees have: Should we sell the house and go fulltiming, or fulltime and still "hold onto" the house. Well, maybe the answer lies in crunching numbers.

Rick and Orinda, who participate in the Escapees Club RV forum put together a clever spreadsheet that you can download an stick your own numbers into. By taking into account variables like the cost of insurance, maintenance, and all those other goodies that stix-n-brix owners have to deal with. But what about "appreciation"? Is there such a thing in today's bloated, foreclosure-infested real estate market? Rick's taken that into account as well.

Check out Rick and Orinda's thinking--and you can download the spreadsheet and crunch the numbers yourself. Click here.

Fulltime RVer Provides "Get Ready to Fulltime" Checklist

One of the things that haunts a lot of fulltime wannabees is, "What if I forget something important?" There's nothing like a good case of the jitters, after all, you really are going out in a whole new adventure.

Enter "firedude," an RVer with a mind to lists. His "fulltimers checklist" could be just what you're looking for. A handy sheet, it carries you from dealing with utilities to health insurance, and information in between. You can download your own copy at no charge from his website, and print it with a Microsoft Word compatible word processing program. Here's the handy link.

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