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GrrlGoalie33 · 02-10-2011, 09:50 AM

Are you looking for a place to rent a season lot, or buy? There are lots of parks that only cater to folks who purchase vs those who rent.

With a trailer that inexpensive, look at payments similar to a car loan (5 year) vs a 'RV Mortgage' (10-15 year). You can hedge some of the depreciation if you're making larger payments. Especially if it's your first RV, you're probably going to be looking at upgrading in the next couple of years. If you stick with a traditional 'RV Mortgage', you end up rolling your depreciation losses into the next unit and so on. If you pay it off over 5 years, you're not going to take as big of a hit when it's time to trade in. This is probably the best advice I can ever give in regards to RV'ing. Those damned units lose as much value as cars, if not more.

02-10-2011, 09:50 AM	#14
GrrlGoalie33 First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CALGARY Exp:	Are you looking for a place to rent a season lot, or buy? There are lots of parks that only cater to folks who purchase vs those who rent. With a trailer that inexpensive, look at payments similar to a car loan (5 year) vs a 'RV Mortgage' (10-15 year). You can hedge some of the depreciation if you're making larger payments. Especially if it's your first RV, you're probably going to be looking at upgrading in the next couple of years. If you stick with a traditional 'RV Mortgage', you end up rolling your depreciation losses into the next unit and so on. If you pay it off over 5 years, you're not going to take as big of a hit when it's time to trade in. This is probably the best advice I can ever give in regards to RV'ing. Those damned units lose as much value as cars, if not more. Last edited by GrrlGoalie33; 02-10-2011 at 09:55 AM.