When we first started planning the trip, we decided that we wanted to rent out the house we own in Denver, CO. We didn’t want to deal with selling right away and the knowledge that we could always move back in after a year in case we hated the mobile life was comforting. So we… Read More Renting the House – One Year Checkup
I did an interview with the tech news website ArsTechnica about the costs and benefits of installing solar panels on our home in Denver (which we now rent out) and the article just went live a couple days ago: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/solar-power-is-it-for-you/. It isn’t really RV related but we’re still pretty proud of being featured and we’re… Read More Solar on our House
Oh my goodness, where do I start? First things first, WE ARE ON THE ROAD! I’ll write a full post on that next (with plenty of pictures!), but I would be remiss if I did not cover the craziness that was the last 2 weeks. Our to-do list for the last three days was… Read More Packing Up and Moving Out
A common question we get when we tell people we’re moving into an RV full time is “What are you going to do with the house?” For a number of reasons, we’ve decided to rent it out for a year and then re-evaluate. This saves us the challenge of trying to sell the house while we’re on the road. With current prices, the rent will easily cover our mortgage plus all taxes and management fees with a little left over to cover most maintenance issues. Most importantly though (especially for Allison) is that it psychologically feels better having an “out.” We maximize the number of options we’ll have after a year and we get to leave some tiny amount of roots here in Denver in our heads. It certainly takes some of the pressure off with regards to “we’re leaving everything solid in our life and will have no roots anywhere…”… Read More Renting the House
The Reckless Choice 