Apartment vs RV Life Which One Actually Saves You More 🏠🚐

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]What's up everybody? It's your girl Limarie. Single 32-year-old living in a 16 foot ski RV trailer with my toy poodle. And yeah, if you're new here, welcome. Thank you so much for clicking.

[00:00:11]If you click, you're interested in knowing the difference between renting an apartment or living full-time out of an RV. So, we're going to get into it.

[00:00:19]If you're not new here, welcome back, booies. This is not a part of my normal uploading schedule. Y'all know I upload at 6:30 p.m. Central every day. Hey, this is a random upload of me just talking and sitting. And also, I do want to let you guys know I have three playlists. I have RV thing. I have RV playlist. I have a day in uh day in the life playlist where it's not about RVing. And then I have a playlist for all my content. Thinking about making a playlist when I'm sitting here and just talking to you guys like this. Don't know. But hold on, hold on, hold on.

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[00:00:49]Welcome back to another episode of Things You Do when you're single with no kids.

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[00:03:42]You're going to pay every month. Every month, every month, and it's just going towards that apartment when you get out of when you when your lease is up, you're just going to have to leave.

[00:03:49]Another pro, um, although I think people think that living in an RV means you have to like travel, you have to go all these places. Like, of course, sure you can. I'm at an RV park right now and most of these RVers are here full-time.

[00:04:01]They actually live here on the lot full-time. I of course I tend to go from park to park. That's just what I want to do. But you don't have to. So, you can actually stay at these parks every month and just pay the monthly lot fee, which can range from $500 a month all the way up to $2,000 a month. It really just depends on your location. You do have to do your own research. where I'm at like Texas parks are pretty cheap. So, we pay anywhere from like 500 to 650 700 a month just just just just for the lot.

[00:04:33]Now, I'm also from from Northern Virginia and I just recently went there and if you want to take a look at this video, I'll probably pin it somewhere here. I went to a park in Northern Virginia and the monthly park rate was $1,400. So, it was a little more expensive. However, I do realize in Northern Virginia the apartments are also more expensive. So, again, do your own research. weigh out the pros and cons of like which which one is more, the park lot fee or the apartment fee.

[00:04:59]Um, another pro, you get to experience camping. And if you're any if you're interested in documenting that in any way, people love RV content. Like, what?

[00:05:09]You get to live in RV. Most of the time, you get to pay a pay way less than an apartment. You're paying towards something that's going to eventually be yours. And you get to document it. you get to document and hell probably monetize from it. That's another pro.

[00:05:25]What's another pro for y'all? Oh, although I said like the goal if you wanted to say it's say you pick up a job and this job is in another state. Guess what? You get to hook up your RV and move this RV to the state that you want to go to. So, you still have your home with you and just pay for another park lot fee in that state. Another um I'm going to stop for a second with the pros. Another question that someone asked is they asked how would I move it.

[00:05:55]I don't have a vehicle to move my RV.

[00:05:56]Like if I buy one, I don't have a You can pay the delivery fee. You can pay the delivery fee for them to get it dropped off at the park that you're going to stay at full-time in your area to where you do not have to purchase another vehicle to pull your RV. And this might be another pricey. This is a whole another conversation, but if you decide to move from another state, I do know that there are delivery there's delivery companies that will move your RV for you to another state if you do not want to spend that money on another vehicle to move your RV. So, that is an option. There is when there's always a way around things cuz I think people think like, oh, I don't have a car and I don't want to pay for a car and an RV.

[00:06:33]And the reason why I'm focusing more so on the travel RV versus the camper vans, it's it's less it's not as expensive.

[00:06:42]Like I was originally going to get a camper van and it was over $100,000. And then I was like, "Oops, just kidding." I started like looking into travel trailers and that's when I decided to get this one. It was half the price of a camper van. Although camper vans seems way more convenient. You can just hop in and go. And I feel like if you're on the go more, camper vans make sense. If you're on a if you're on the go more and you just want to go from place to place and you don't really want the hassle of setting up and all that, cool. It makes more sense. I technically can't afford to be on the go as much, so this setup made sense to me. Anyways, let's go back. We're going to go and talk about some of the cons of living in an RV. So, the cons, especially depending on your space and depending on the size. I'm in a 16T. My my trailer, I'm going be so transparent with you guys. It's a hot ass mess right now. Literally after this video, I am about to clean up my entire RV, put some things away, reorganize, even though I've or already organized.

[00:07:33]Sometimes you have to go back and do that. But like this space, it is definitely a con cuz you will kind of get like overwhelmed with the type with the amount of space that you have and you do have to make sure that you just keep it as clean as you can. Another con is things tend to break more than they would in a regular house. They do.

[00:07:52]That's just what it is. And I think you can look at this as a con and a pro. It keeps you busy and you learn a lot. And and there be there's moments in our lives where we feel like we can't do something and then you do it and you're like, "Oh, wow." And I think that's I have a lot of moments in this RV and I'm just like, "Wow, I fixed that myself."

[00:08:10]And it it makes me feel so good. Like in the moment is very frustrating, but when you figure it out, it's like, "Oh god, wow, I can actually do this by myself."

[00:08:18]Like I don't need to pay anyone. Also, another way for me to look at it, especially if you're one that decides to document the process, is content. It's content. My AC broke and that's probably one of my really it's a really good video doing is doing really good on YouTube. Granted, I didn't want it to break. However, I document everything.

[00:08:35]So, the fact that I documented that and got views and monetized and paid off of it and I learned something new, I'm like, you can al you a con can be flipped into a pro because I learned something new and I was able to make money from it. Um, another con, poop, poopy poopy poop. It's not like a regular house like where you could just flush the toilet and keep it pushing. It is not like a regular house. You do have to dump your poop, but it's not as bad as people claim it to be on the internet. It's not that bad. I'm in a really tiny camper, so I I I um dump every 3 to four days. And I just go outside and I just pull the lever. I just pull it and I come back in and I just run the water. I like I run my flush. I flush it. I just put my foot on the flush thing and just let the water run. That's like the the minimal cleaning I do. And then every week or two, I will go in and put cleaning products and stuff like that in it. But it's not bad at all. Dumping your tanks is not bad. It's pretty simple. It's a little hookup. And again, you are learning something new. I just feel like the average American, we live this certain way and we think that there is no other way to live and that we get so comfortable and complacent with the fact that things are simple in the house.

[00:09:49]Things are simple this way. But it doesn't hurt to learn new things. Like what? You'll have a story to tell somebody when you get older like, "Yeah, I did RVing. Oh yeah, I know how to dump. I know how to fix a AC. I know how to do this." They like, "What? What?"

[00:10:00]Like I think people look at me sometimes and they're like, "Wow." Like you you really do all this by yourself? Yes. And you can too. And this is coming from someone that had so I had I used to have so much doubt growing up. I used to have doubt about the smallest things like I was scared to start a new job. Felt like the the new job I wasn't going to be able to do it or I wasn't going to be able to figure it out. You can do it and you will figure it out. Just tell yourself that. Have a prep talk with yourself. My drain is broken right now and I'm about to go to the store and I'm about to go and get some things to fix it myself because you know what? I can I can fix it myself. Sorry, getting off topic. Let's go back. Uh, cons. Um, I don't necessarily want to look at this as a con. So, I don't know if you guys can see. Let me flip my camera for you.

[00:10:44]It's raining. Also, you guys see how close we are to each other. You see, like that's my neighbor right there.

[00:10:52]That's another neighbor right there. So, I think some people would look at that as a con. I'm very introverted and I do spend a lot of time like I spend a lot of time by myself to be honest and I spend a lot of time in my RV which honestly I've been here for almost a month. My days are actually coming up.

[00:11:12]I'm actually about to leave this park soon. But I my neighbor is so dope. Like he literally just fixed he literally I went out of town for a week and my my gazebo tent like flew over and he ran out of his RV and and saved it for me.

[00:11:26]Um, RVers are so freaking nice. They're so willing to help you with almost anything. And that goes to say like for anyone that's going to do it and that's new to it. There's so many people that are going to be willing to help you. So many people. Like it honestly, this is my third park and every park that I've been to, everyone's so friendly. They're so welcoming. It's like a family in a sense. Um, you don't want to be too trusting now, but for the most part, everyone is so freaking dope and so sweet. Um, so the space to me doesn't really bother me. I met both my neighbors and I sit outside sometimes in my chair. I grilled outside and that's going to be in my RV playlist. I've done so many things where it's just like it doesn't really bother me. And there are certain things that you can do to have privacy. There's certain tents that you can buy if you want like more privacy sitting outside. Like there's always things around it. So to me, the space between one another, it it doesn't bother me. Another pro. Oh, I'm at a con, but I want to go back to pros because my drain is messed up, guys. In the park that I'm at, they have showers.

[00:12:30]Love it. I love it so much. I went and showered last night, had me a little shower bag, went and showered, came back to my RV, and I was good. Also, they have washer and dryers on site. Um, they have a pool. Uh, they have like a a lot of amenities. And to be honest, this park has so many people here, but it's not a lot of people in the amenity area.

[00:12:49]So, it's like always space to work out.

[00:12:51]It's space to chill, relax. Like, I think it is so dope. So, to be honest, you ask me again if somebody asks right now, if I was if I was a younger kid and I was moving out of my home and I had to choose between going to rent an apartment or an RV, I would so go back to my younger days and buy an RV, I would take out a loan. Also, speaking of loans, just to be transparent with you guys, I took out a loan for this RV. I pay 580 a month. I pay 580 a month for my RV. And then also, which this is more on the expensive side for this size. You can get an RV with probably more space for way cheaper than what I paid. So, think about that. And also, your credit definitely um will determine that. So, I pay 580 a month. And then the park I'm staying at, I pay 650 a month. So, what Yeah, got to do the calculations. Give me a second. Y'all probably already got it figured out, but 580 plus 650, that is 1230 a month. Now, let's remember this will eventually be paid off. This will eventually be mine. So, if I decide to carry on and continue to do RVing, RV life, at some point I would only pay the 650 a month, which when you actually own a property, we pay property taxes. Now, maybe not 650 a month. That's kind of like steep, but we do pay property taxes no matter what when you pay a house off.

[00:14:09]So, that's the way I look at it.

[00:14:10]Whenever my RV is paid off and I pay that 650 a month, I'd be paying property taxes. And to be honest, to me, I look at it like I'm paying for the amenities that I have access to at each park that I stay at. And now I'm only referring to me staying in Texas. The park rate goes up depending on what location you're at because again, I told you when I went to Northern Virginia, the park rate was um 14,400 over $1,400.

[00:14:31]So yeah, all of that definitely plays a part. Um there was something else I wanted to say to you guys. Um, oh yeah.

[00:14:38]So, yeah, think about the 1230 a month versus paying some places you pay 15,4700 a month in apartment in apartment fees and a whatever you pay for your apartment. That's 1,400 a month and just paying for your apartment goes towards absolutely nothing. It's 100% interest.

[00:14:57]At least when you're paying towards this RV, you are paying towards something that you will eventually own. And yes, RVs, depending on which one you get, it's like a long-term investment, but it's yours. And not only that, say you decide later on that you have the that now you want to buy a house, maybe you don't want to do RVing, you could rent your RV out to make an extra profit out of it. There's there's sites where you can literally rent your RV out every month. You could store your RV and depending on the size, of course, like for example, my my RV park storage fee, if I needed to actually store it somewhere, it's like a hundred bucks a month. I personally don't mind it, but if I was paying $100 a month and also renting it out for extra income, like what? It's a win-win. So, if you are deciding also, you can sell it. You can also sell it. If you decide that, okay, RVing is not for me. You can sell it, you can rent it, or you can just take it on weekend trips and put it in storage.

[00:15:53]But if you ask me, you are at least paying towards something that is going to be yours. An apartment, the monthly rate for apartments is 100% interest at 1,400 pretty much is going down the toilet. Yes, you're living in that place, but it's just going down the toilet. You're living in here and you're going to eventually own it. I was about to end this video, but I forgot to talk about someone asked me a question and said, "Can I go more into details about me renting out my property and using the income to stay at RV parks?" So, if you're more of on that side of the aspect where you own a property and you want to uh venture off and try to rent it out to do do RV content. So, that is what I do. I won't necessarily talk about what platform I own just because I think I'm more private. It's a private platform and I don't I don't advertise my property for rent. It's more so like whoever is on this platform has the access to renting my property. So, I do only long-term rentals. I do not do short-term rentals because I feel like you tend to run in a lot more issues with short-term rentals. And then when you are uh when it's when it's long-term rental, you get paid more. And to be honest, when you're charging more, you run into a different demographic of people to where you I truly don't run into any issues when it comes to renting my place out um with me doing long-term rentals. And I love it so much. Every guest that I've had has been so easy.

[00:17:15]like uh so yeah, I I do that and whenever I do have a long-term rental, I'm able to afford to stay in other places because this is just what I do full-time. I do content and I do other little small things to um afford this lifestyle. Um so if you're considering that, I would highly recommend doing long-term rentals. Definitely do more research what area you're living in because sometimes the demand is a little different um depending on where you're at. But when you do long-term rentals, the price is a little different versus doing short-term. So someone that rents on a weekend versus someone that rents longer, um, their price is a little different. Someone that only allows people to rent for a few days, the price is higher. Someone that is like it's a longterm, your price is lower, but it's okay because you're going to get more in a sense. Someone that re someone that rents on the weekend is is gambling getting four bookings a month. someone that re works I'm sorry rents on a longer basis we can kind of we can kind of be okay with one booking because again you're going to get more in a sense from one person and then with that you don't have to pay four cleanings you know if you rent for if you do weekend stays or day stays you're paying your cleaners way more because you have more different people in your house when you do longer stays you're only going to pay your cleaning once or twice depending on how long you want to have people staying stay staying in your home. So, um that's that. I know a lot of people say, "How do you feel comfortable enough to allow someone to like stranger stay in your house?" To be honest, it's 2025 and times is hard. It's not like super hard for me. Like again, I do different things to make to make money. But if I can utilize my home right now to allow different people in it, I'm okay. I'm okay right now. When I decide to go back into my house full-time, I'm getting new mattresses. I'm getting new bed frames.

[00:19:05]I'm getting new everything and I have really great cleaners and I'm in the area. So, after my cleaners, I even go by and make sure like it's super sanitized. I'll go by and wipe the wipe the door knobs off even though I tell them to, but I go by and I sanitize the doorork knobs, sanitize the the doors, the headboards. Um, yeah. So, I'm very thorough when it comes to that. And if that's not if if you're one that wants to rent out and kind of be on the road, you kind of need to have someone like a backup person to make sure these things are being done in your house. My cleaners are really good and very thorough. They take pictures and videos a before they start cleaning and they send pictures and videos after they clean. So, I know a lot of people more so like I don't want anybody in my home.

[00:19:44]I don't even think that the home I have right now is my forever home. I'm just like I need property in my name. I'm I'm 32 and this is just my first property in my name. Do I see myself living in this house forever? Absolutely not. So, I don't have like an a crazy attachment to it. Um, I'm thankful that I was able to purchase by myself at 32, but it's not like this is the house that I want to grow, that I want to stay in forever, and this is the house where I want to raise kids and stuff like that. It's just my property right now. It's an investment property, and you kind of have to look at it nowadays, like again, it's 2025, and first of all, buying homes nowadays, it's not even like it used to be back in the day. Okay? So, yeah, if you are someone that is, and then also another thing that I do, cuz I do kind of stay in my house in between guests sometimes when I have access to it. I have a different um topper for my mattress and I have different covers. I have different pillows, all of that that I use when I come to my house. If you stay in if you stay at a hotel when you go out of town, it's no difference. I mean, I get it. You're saying this is your house, but if you stay at a hotel, essentially it's kind of the same. If you stay at Airbnbs, you're still staying at a place where other people were at. Um, so that's the way I look at it. If I could go and lay my head on hotel beds where nine times out of 10 we're all sleeping on the same um what they call it allergy protector thing.

[00:21:03]We're sleeping on the same pillows. All they're doing is changing the sheets and we're crossing our fingers that they even, you know, clean the sheets the way that we want them clean. If you can do that, you can rent out your house. And again, look at it like an investment property. I don't know how old y'all are, but I think bigger. This is not Again, this is not my forever home. I want to build my house up from the ground. It is an investment property for me. It's something in my name and I'm going to make money off of it right now.

[00:21:28]It's not paid off at all. So, I use the money that I receive from renting my house out to pay towards my mortgage.

[00:21:35]And to be honest, I am fortunate enough to pay a little bit more towards my mortgage cuz I don't just pay the regular mortgage fee, especially when it's rented out. If it's rented out, I use that money and then I also add money from when I was going to already pay it off cuz guess what? If I don't get a rental, I still got to pay it anyways.

[00:21:51]So to me, when I get when I someone is paying my rent for the month, I also add more to it. So I think long term trying to get it paid off. And yeah, sorry. Now we're going to close this video out. I think my rant is over. If you have any questions, comment below. I do have a Discord chat where you can join. There's a free version and then there is a VIP version. If you want to tap into my Discord, click the link below. I have a lot of cleaning to do. Um, but for now, I hope you guys enjoyed this video of things you do when you're single with no kids.