I’ve been so inspired by Lori from Moms By Heart over the years. Her post today on how their family of seven is paying for housing, utilities, water, garbage, cable, and internet for just $200 per month is really impressive.
Read her post all about how they are making RV living work for them and how they made the transition to this lifestyle over the past few years.
kariane says
I like how they thought outside of the typical ways of thinking about homes and life in order to realize their dream. It’s inspiring!
Wendy says
Very interesting , but I agree with the other comments that they are not living on $200 a month. What about health insurance, life insurance, college funds and retirement. I can’t imagine my husband leaving his job to travel around the country. What about food and activities? These articles are quite interesting but I don’t like the tag lines.
Kim says
They are not living on $200.00 per month. That is just the “rent” after they bought a “home” and invested in “land.” There are many other expenses including gas, food, clothing, healthcare and home schooling is not free. Also, loss of income.
Sue says
Thanks Wendy and Kim.. I was thinking the same thing.. but did not want to be negative.. Yes this is wonderful that they can do this.. More power to you.. but they are not living on $200.00 a month .. they are renting a camping spot for 200.00 a month..Hey. good for them ! Enjoy !
But the tag line is miss leading..
Sue
Julie says
What a great post! I find RV living very interesting. We even briefly talked about it to save money. Thanks for posting.
Kamila says
Great story. Inspiring. One big question though. How do you school your children? Homeschool? Online? Thanks.
Dana Ticknor says
Kamila,
The article is not about our family, but we are a fulltime RVing family of 10 who have been at it for nearly 6 years.
Yes, fulltime families homeschool. Most of us call it ‘roadschooling’. 🙂
There are unschoolers, traditional homeschoolers, and some video/online schoolers. Most have morphed into more hands-on/destination based learning than they were doing before they hit the road. Personally, our family does workbooks for math and penmanship, some traditional textbooks for a few other subjects, like world history, and quite a bit of destination-based learning for science, american history, and social studies.