24yo no-lifer, need company / newbie advice.

Some of you drivers that want to live in Las Vegas and/or have a legal Las Vegas address should pitch in together and buy a RV Ranch. It's a one acre blank piece of desert, with maybe a cactus plant on it.
Windmill Acres | Western Land and Ranches

 

By a clunker camper trailer and park it on there.

 

Won't take long to reach that goal if you and cat live in the truck. This way you can bank most of every paycheck. Many drivers are doing this right now.

 

Dogs > cats

 

I’m very happy with Schneider. I’ve been on with them for a few months and they are very professional in my opinion. Perfect, no, but is anything ever perfect? SNI recently approved my transfer, and I had a good experience in the transfer process. It was a big change as I moved and switched jobs at the same time. I did start at a different company, which actually worked out for me. It was good to learn at more than one company, personally. SNI is training me again, on new equipment for my new job, and I’m still learning.

Also, I got my CDL for free thru a WIOA grant. They paid for the entire school, I got to choose my school. I drove Uber after class and was able to make around 500 a week working part time while in CDL school. I believe WIOA is available in most states.

 

The company will never know I have a cat in the truck.

 

@Spartananator I may have missed it, but have you settled on what type of commodities you'd like to pull? (Van/reefer/flatbed)

As for tax status, unless some weird rule has changed, you'll get taxed based on whatever your state of residence is, not where the company is located. Now, having said that, let me introduce you to a little trick a whole lot of full-time RVers use to a/ get around income tax and b/ actually claim a full-time residence while also being on the road full-time:

Become a South Dakota Resident, Step-by-step.

It takes some doing, but via using DakotaPost, you'll actually be a legal state resident...and SD does not levy income tax. (They'll get you back on sales and grocery taxes, though.) This is an especially great option since you plan to "live" in the truck. And as a former five-year resident of that state, I'd do it again in a heartbeat if the stars aligned for me that way.