Exit plan for a 77-year old starting solo full timing

[gfmucci]

Asking for a friend:

Does a 77 year old starting off solo full timing in a used class A require an exit plan, or is it likely to be handed to him while on the road?

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Wow! You loaded that question!!!

My Dad died at 55. I'm 70. No need to plan it. It will happen on its own, in its own time.

 

[Neemer]

You question made me chuckle. My philosophy is it is better to have a plan and not need it, than to need one and not have it.

Have a blast, young man.

 

[gfmucci]

Wow! You loaded that question!!!

My Dad died at 55. I'm 70. No need to plan it. It will happen on its own, in its own time.

I'd make a great reporter! But yours is the answer I like best. I'll share it with my friend.

 

[AbdRahim]

My thought would be to give thought to where you would live, etc., once you could no longer run around in an RV.

 

[gfmucci]

(My friend's) thinking is that he would decide where to settle during his two years of exploration - a place that allows long term stays for 35' motorhomes.

 

[Rich W.]

That sounds like a plan/exit strategy

 

[Buc]

(My friend's) thinking is that he would decide where to settle during his two years of exploration - a place that allows long term stays for 35' motorhomes.

That sounds perfect to me. It’s also pretty much how my wife and I ended up moving to Colorado (at 39 and 35, mind you), minus the RV. We just picked our favorite city we’d traveled to that had job prospects (this part wouldn’t be necessary any longer, with remote work and all).

 

[widdershins]

My dad is 81, him and my mom (77) travel all over in a Class B.... I don't think age means much...

 

[gfmucci]

My friend loves all your answers

 

[Ringer]

I'm 73 and my wife of 54 years died last summer. She left me with a goldendoodle so I bought an Alliance Paradigm 340rl and eventually we are going to live in it. I want to stay near the lake where I keep my bass boat but there are no spaces anywhere and the oldest park is a dump. I am selling my business and have decided to buy a lot and run power, water and septic and put up a 24 x 40 steel canopy. If I kick the bucket they will eventually figure it out just hope the dog ends up OK. I figure that someone will notice I don't answer the phone or texts and check on me. Nothing to worry about.

 

[gfmucci]

I'm 73 and my wife of 54 years died last summer. She left me with a goldendoodle so I bought an Alliance Paradigm 340rl and eventually we are going to live in it. I want to stay near the lake where I keep my bass boat but there are no spaces anywhere and the oldest park is a dump. I am selling my business and have decided to buy a lot and run power, water and septic and put up a 24 x 40 steel canopy. If I kick the bucket they will eventually figure it out just hope the dog ends up OK. I figure that someone will notice I don't answer the phone or texts and check on me. Nothing to worry about.

Something like this one? Perfect! Very nice! Yuppies today will pay $100,000 for a "tiny house" that is smaller than that and impress all their fellow yuppies with it.

 

[Ringer]

That's it. I bought my 2021 used from a couple in Oregon who used it for one year and fixed all the bugs. They paid $106000 new and put about $8000 in new things on it and I bought it for $70000. This thing is about as nice as any home we owned just smaller but plenty big for an old man and his dog.

 

[Buc]

Something like this one? Perfect! Very nice! Yuppies today will pay $100,000 for a "tiny house" that is smaller than that and impress all their fellow yuppies with it.

I’m not sure what the point of shaming people into other things is, but our friends who put a tiny house on their property have a really nice functional nest that is nicer than any comparably priced trailer. They built in themselves too, so it’s completely custom.

 

[gfmucci]

That's it. I bought my 2021 used from a couple in Oregon who used it for one year and fixed all the bugs. They paid $106000 new and put about $8000 in new things on it and I bought it for $70000. This thing is about as nice as any home we owned just smaller but plenty big for an old man and his dog.

Excellent! You did good. Something that my friend would aspire to. And so would I.