The cost of housing in Dallas-Fort Worth is driving some families to downsize drastically.
"Pay on the car note or pay on rent. Or pay rent, pay the utilities," Lorne added.
Lacie's brother and sister-in-law, Bo Dean and Christina Carter, took the leap into full-time RV living in February. The veterans spent years trying to buy a home and were outbid every time. Christina says they had a deal fall through three days before closing in late 2021 and that experience forced them to go back to the drawing board to figure out a new plan for their housing and future.
"By January, we'll have our truck paid off because we chose to do RV life," Christina said."To express it in one word is freedom. The freedom of having financial relief."The Washingtons are following their footsteps by researching RVs large enough for their family and selling everything in their home to afford it. Lacie says the hardest part was selling a custom dining room table large enough for their family of eight, with their name engraved on the side.
"It's going from $1,488 to $1,679 with a $110 amenity fee," Lacie said. Adding that the new amenity fee is for a pool that they've always had but have not been charged separately for, until now.A North Texas family decided to sell everything they own and move out of their townhouse to buy an RV to live in full time.
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