What percentage of your pre fulltime earnings. Do live on after you start fulltiming.

[Beep-Beep]

We used 0% of put away money for full timing when we started out in 1991. Put the house up for sale the day I decided to retire. Sold the house, bought abus conversion just completed and hit the road. We use about 60-75% of monthly retirement income per.month for traveling. In our case we find this life style only takes about 30% of what it did to live in the Seattle Area. No new roofs, lawn up keep, high insurance (house and cars) or the same scenery everyday nor same neighbors all the time even tho they were all great. We didn't even qualify for Social Security until I got to 62, which was 8 years down the road.We didn't pick this life style for the low cost, it just works out much better than city living. Also we do NOT boondock.

Al & Jan
Semper Fi

[MtManLee]

We use all of ours unfortunately because of the many repairs we have had to get on our rig and having to buy a new toad when our other one gave up the ghost summer before last.

[AFChap]

We moved into our motorhome (so started fulltiming) 3 monhts before I retired. I "lost" right at 40% of my income when I retired, and we have managed pretty well on the 60% that I now receive. That includes a motorhome payment. I put aside money each month into sub-accounts for anticipated RV park fees & fuel depending on our travel plan for the month, and always $250-$300 for RV repairs & maintenance.

[denochs]

What great information at the right time for us. Even though it is a bad time to put the house on the market in NC we hope to go full time this year.

With no payments and debt, do you think it is realistic to include all the expenses you folks know about and live on 3500 per month?

We have a lot in FL in a 55+ retirement community. It too is paid for.

[Rick 2005 Dolphin 5376]

150%. We have a business we run from the RV that grows every month. No employees, just great business partners. Live Life Without Limits