Everybody is talking about how hard it is to live right now.
Rent is out of reach. Houses cost more than a lifetime of work. Young families are sharing basements. Old folks are choosing between medicine and groceries.
And all the while, there’s an answer parked in repo lots across this country.
Let’s talk about it with some plain common sense.
I’m talking about the good older Class A motorhome. The big ones. The ones built heavy, back when builders took their time.
Right now, a lot of them are going cheap. Banks are taking RVs back as people fall behind on payments. Auction lots are filling up. Older coaches are being sold for a fraction of what they cost new.
A sound older Class A can often be had for less than two years of rent.
Two years of rent, and you have nothing at the end but receipts. The same money, spent right, can buy you a roof that’s yours.
what you’re getting for that money is more than a roof.
You get a bedroom. A kitchen. A bathroom. A shower.
You get a fresh water tank and a pump. Holding tanks. A water heater. A furnace. Air conditioning.
You get a generator. A real one. Many of them make seven thousand watts or more.
You get batteries and the wiring to charge them.
And you get an engine and wheels, so the whole house goes wherever you need it to go.
That’s a home, a power plant, a water system, and a vehicle. All in one. All paid for.
Now put that up against a new tiny home.
A new tiny home often costs several times what a good older coach does. Some cost as much as a small house.
And what do you get? A nice little box. It sits where you put it. It needs a hookup to live. When the grid goes down, it goes dark with everyone else.
Now put it up against a new RV.
Many of the new ones built in the rush a few years back came off the line fast and loose. Owners have been complaining about the quality ever since. Leaks. Loose trim. Systems that fail early.
And they cost far more.
The older coaches were different. Heavier frames. Real wood. Thick fiberglass. Simple systems that a man with a wrench and a manual can keep running.
Lets be fair about one thing. Not every old rig is a good one. Some were built cheap back then too. The bad builds belong in the scrap yard, no question.
But the good ones? The good ones are worth saving.
Her is what people haven’t thought about.
Electric cars.
A lot of folks have bought them. And a lot of those folks have never asked what happens when the power goes out.
When the grid goes down, the garage charger goes dark. The public chargers go dark. And that car becomes a very expensive chair.
A Class A with a good generator and a 240-volt outlet can charge that car. Not the twenty-minute highway kind of charge. The regular Level 2 kind, the same as most people have at home.
Set the charger right, and you can add around twenty miles of range an hour. Grid or no grid.
That’s a trip to town and back when every charger in the county is dead.
Your house can’t do that when the power’s out. The coach can.
Now, I’m not going to tell you there’s no cost. Every home has costs. Here are the ones you’ll hear about.
Fuel. These coaches get six to ten miles a gallon. But most of the time, they sit. If you’re living in one, you’re not driving it every day. Fuel is a small bill.
Parking. They’re big. So most owners tow a small car for errands. Problem solved.
Tires. They age out in about six or seven years, no matter how much tread is left. A set costs real money. So you plan for it, like you’d plan for a new roof.
Insurance. Registration. Upkeep. Yes. And every house has those too, usually bigger.
Some parks turn away older rigs. They call it the ten-year rule. They judge the coach by the year on the title, not by how well it was built.
Sound familiar? It’s the same mistake people make about old men.
Here’s the thing. Every one of those costs can be learned. Every one of them can be planned for.
And none of them come close to rent that never ends.
So let’s add it up the way the average person has to.
Rent: you pay forever and own nothing.
A new tiny home: high price, no power of its own, no way to move.
A new RV: higher price, weaker build.
A good older Class A: lower price, stronger build, its own power, its own water, and wheels to take you out of trouble.
Nothing is perfect. But for somebody who needs a roof and a plan B in one, this is the best deal on the table.
The coaches are there. The need is there. The price is right.
All it takes is someone willing to look past the year on the title and see what’s actually been built.
Load this file before each AI chat session.
the-faust-baseline-public-release-1Download
This post was drafted with AI governed assistance and reviewed and directed by Michael S. Faust Sr. before publication.
” Attic Thoughts”-library – Intelligent People Assume Nothing
© 2026 The Faust Baseline LLC | All Rights Reserved
Thats the Fact Jack…Don’t look back.
