Well the time has come to actively start the selling process of our existing RV (2014 Forest River Georgetown 351).

Are we going to give up the RV lifestyle?..NO! Not by a long shot…if anything we are going to maximize our use of available days off and hit the road more often. We have the next unit picked out (model/floor plan) that will meet our needs for the next 10-years. Our plan is not to make  a move on the new ETCTA until we completely sell the existing unit.

Why Now?

We both decided that NOW is the optimal time  of the year due to  fact that people on the east coast  are still outside camping and would be thinking about camping. If we wait until December  peoples thought process would  be around snow blowers and skiing not camping outside.

When finalizing out plans to sell we still have a full dance card (aka camping trips planned) and we didn’t want to stop or slow down. So our plan is to list it on every RV Sale website as possible AND at the same time keep dancing (aka camping) AND keep it in show ready shape all of the time (which we do). Our motto is that Life is Too Short to Sit Back and Wonder “If”.

Our Options To Sell The Current Unit

Trade In.-> This is our last resort. This would severely limit the amount of a downpayment that we could put on a new coach and thereby reduce our negotiation leverage. Also, my thinking is that the more money that I can leave in the family budget means that we can spend more days out on the road.

Old School

Park It and Put A Sign In It- I have seen this sale tactic in a few more rural areas—>What a waste of a valuable resource! An RV (at least ours) is meant to be driven to new adventures. Our RV is  either  is sitting it is resting from the previous adventure or resting up for the next one.

On Line Ad

We decided to start with this tactic because we could maximize our investment and then increase our negotiation leverage when buying the new RV by walking in with cash.

I posted my 1st Ad last weekend on (RVT, RVTrader & Craigslist). When searching for the new ETCTA I frequented RV Trader because it was easy to navigate and I could easily view the units that I wanted to see. I very rarely used RVT because they had very limited listings of Class A Diesels. Craigslist…I figured what the hell its free and lets see what happens.

At the end of the 1st weekend I have received 

Craigslist-cant tell how many people viewed the ad…but hey it was free

RVT-29 Views (cost $35 until it sells/10-pictures)

RV Trader-23 Views (cost $29.95 for 2-weeks/4-pictures)

My plan is to give the RVT and RV Trader ads 2 weeks to run its course and then I will update the pictures with different shots. In the meantime we will keep exploring this awesome country.

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