r/FullTiming

Edit**** I’m not interested in hateful comments or weird advice and judgment. I have laid out questions 1-7 if you have answers if you don’t that’s fine, just don’t comment, pretty simple

I am a queer woman in my early 30s with a dog and a cat. I know nothing about RV life other than what I see on social media 😅

I live in Chicago and am having a lot of trouble finding work (I work in education and youth programming) and recently lost my housing. I’m so sick of being broke and tired. I am sick of the city. I am interested in:

1. what to people who live in the RVs do for work year round?
2. If remote work, what fields? What’s the pay like? Are you hiring? If in person, what do u do with ur pets while ur at work?
3. How does living in an Rv with pets work? What do you do when you can’t bring them along somewhere? What if ur traveling, where do you take them to the vet?
4. I see lots of used RVs for sale on fbmarket. If I save for a few months I could probably buy one between 1-4k.

Are those scams since it’s so low? How do you tell if the vehicle is actually up to the standard they say it is?
5.

1. Is it safe to buy off fb market?

3. I have no mechanical or technical skills.

I am a very fast learner though and have worked construction before. Good with my hands.

7.

1. Where can I learn to prep for RV life? I can’t afford to pay a lot for a class. I have negative dollars right now and am crashing on people’s couches right now and not always in the safest conditions for my pets.

I am at rock bottom, so please be kind, if you’re annoying by my questions or presence here, you don’t need to respond. Not looking for judgement. I am frantic.

In 2009, my then wife and i decided to buy an rv, rent our home to her parents, and spend a year full-time traveling. i fell in love with the lifestyle.

In 2019, i refinanced that same home/rented it out, purchased another home with cash, and traveled full-time again for a year by choice.

In 2021 we sold home number 1, and in 2023 my wife divorced me, and we sold home number 2. i have been debt free since 2021. in 2023-5 i traveled usa in my rv over 25+ states, again by choice.

In 2025, i returned to my birth city, and put my rv on my parents property, which i now live in. i am helping them as they are elderly. I hate this city (seattle), and at one time swore i would never return, but i have to help my parents. i am an only child, and am the sole beneficiary of my parents estate, though neither have passed on, thankfully. my parents dont require me to pay rent or property taxes. i do not receive financial assistance from my parents (besides the non-requirement to pay rent). my net worth is approx $400k, no debt. i spend about $1000/mo (i live extremely frugally, and always have). i personally own no real property, and dont own the property i live on.

am i "homeless"? a fellow redditor insists i am "homeless", since i live in a vehicle. legally HUD, IRS, the police when serving warrants, and with regard to concealed weapons all consider me to have a "home/domicile", and to NOT be "homeless".

i apologize if this breaks any rules; that is not my intent. i wanted to post on r/AskReddit, but it apparently doesnt fit their rules there.