Having no physical address?

Same problem fulltime rvers have. There are some places in Texas, Fl, and South Dakota that can be used
Mary

 

If you are renting then yeah perhaps it would be a good idea for you to save that money and just get a hotel when at home. I have a mortgage so when I go home I just settle in, it is basically like storage for all of my things now. I am paying extra on it to pay it off sooner though.

 

I stay with my step mom when home. She does not charge me rent, I'm only home 3-4 days a month. I don't see the issue with this. Hopefully neither will the feds uf I'm audited,


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There's nothing wrong with keeping expenses low if you save your money. Living cheap and blowing your money is a wasted effort.

Just remember one day you want a home paid off you can retire in. The sooner you start paying off a mortgage the better off you will be.

Many truckers will buy a place cheap in the country and you have a place to park the truck on their off time.

It's not throwing money away because you can always sell it for more. Consider it an investment instead of an expense.

An investment and a place to lay your head down is a win win situation.

 

I had just recently had almost the same thread with the same situation. I'm about to start driving OTR, and live alone in a single bedroom apartment. "Supposedly" as long as you have some physical address (parents, friends, family) and not just a P.O. box it should be fine. Going the same route though ... either bumming a couch from a friend, snagging a hotel, or crashing at my parents.

Another thing I've heard, is to try and find people on Craigslist or elsewhere that will come together to rent a cheap town home.

 

To any newbies who did this recently, did you run into any problems with your old address which shows on your license not matching with the "new address" (sister, uncle, whoevers address) you listed on the application at the company you are going to work at?

Sounds like a lot of us newbies get the same ideas about saving money on rent. I usually do think too hard....but started getting a feeling that "address change at the last minute" would be looking strange when the starter company looks at your application....or when they pull your driving record which has a different address on the printout.

Am I making sense? If so, how to solve this obstacle?

 

The address "change" thing might slow down a background, more so if it's not in the same county. However, I just don't see this as a real big deal with the big companies as they just seem to want warm bodies so bad they will over look it. But not sure on this. I'm with some of the others on here about buying a home. It makes sence now to purchase something small, start paying something off. The housing market, right now for sure, is so low that a home purchase makes more sence than it has in 20years.
I can see the point of saving too however. I guess my point is with all that time on the road don't you long for some grounded time? All your own?
Now I've heard all the stories about what people make at the big companies. So if in fact that you are making just $350-$500 a week. This means at $500 just bringing home $24k a year. What choice would you have? Being home just 3-4 days a month that leaves 26 days on the road per month, lets say you spend just $10 bucks a day on the road so $260 a month road exp. NOW your at $20,0880 a year AND WHO CAN LIVE ON $10 a day (you can if you eat right)

If you only made $10 an hour @ 40 hrs. per week you'd make $19,2000 a year.

So making $500 a week driving a truck for 70 hours a week your banking $7.14 an hour

$400 a week driving at 70 hours a week banking that's $5.71 an hour

My point it if you have to start with a big company and those reports of wages are true I feel for ya. I see why you would want/have to keep all you can.

 

You may want to read this...........


http://www.dmv.ne.gov/examining/pdf/verificationdocs.pdf

 

I know that here in Tennessee you have to have 2 forms of proof of residency to renew your DL. They are very picky on what they accept too, has to be a electric bill, phone bill, credit card ect. and it must show the physical address.

We have owned our home here for 7 years but because the wife and I both drive, we get all our mail at our P.O. Box and don't even have a mail box at home so we have trouble every time we have to renew our DL.

I would suggest to those who wish to "Live" in their truck....Seek out States that have no income tax and find a relative or friend who lives in one of those states and "Move" there, it will leave more money in your pocket.