Everything But the Sunsets: How to Live Full-Time in an RV: Choosing a Rig, Handling the Paperwork, Managing Money, and Maintaining Your Systems

The hard part is not the driving. It is the paperwork, the money, and the tanks. Most full-time RV books are memoirs with a checklist bolted on. If you are actually planning this move, you need the unglamorous answers: where your mail goes, which state you become a resident of, what it truly costs per month, and what happens when the water pump fails in a campground with no cell signal. Everything But the Sunsets is the logistics manual. The decisions, before you leave Rig selection — Class A, Class C, fifth wheel, and travel trailer compared on cost, drivability, maintenance, and resale, with the tow rating arithmetic worked all the way through Domicile and residency — how Texas, South Dakota, and Florida actually compare on taxes, registration, inspection, insurance, and the health insurance trap nobody mentions Mail, banking, and healthcare when you have no fixed address Insurance — full-timer policies against recreational, and the one sentence that voids the claim Downsizing room by room, plus an honest look at what a storage unit costs over five years The money A complete monthly budget framework with real line-item ranges: campgrounds, fuel, propane, insurance, maintenance reserve, connectivity, and the annual costs that arrive all at once. Three worked budgets at different comfort levels, and the runway number you need before you leave. The systems Fresh, gray, and black water. Propane. Electrical, batteries, and solar sized from your actual loads. Winterizing and surviving heat. Tires and weight, including the blowout procedure your instincts get wrong. The maintenance schedule that keeps a rig on the road, and the repairs worth learning to do yourself. Plan it properly and the first year is the good one. Scroll up to start.