RV Living – RV-on-FIRE

Getting Back On Track

Published on July 1, 2025April 11, 2026 by Leave a comment

Hello there! Yep, we are still here! It has been so long since we have had a moment to even think about this blog. We don’t even know where to start so let’s just dive in and see where we go.

Ever since we moved back into a house it has been one thing after another. But, not in a bad way. We have just been preoccupied with the seemingly endless amount of chores and maintenance of our property. Until now, this blog isn’t something we haven’t even thought about this year. To be honest, the only thing that reminded us of it was having to pay for it.

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Starting Anew

Published on November 3, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Hello there! It’s been awhile since we have posted a blog. It’s been even longer since we posted a blog that wasn’t a financial update of some sort. Over eleven months as a matter of fact. In that blog we wrote about buying our property in Texas and being excited to start building our home. Little did we know at the time we were in for a wild ride.

As we started our home building journey it quickly became clear that our original plan was not going to work out. The builder we had at that time was becoming very difficult to deal with. After discovering some questionable line items on our build budget that relationship came to a very abrupt and contentious end.

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July 2024 Financial Update

Published on August 11, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our July 2024 financial update! It’s only been a couple of weeks since we posted our June 2024 financial update blog, but a lot has happened in that time.

It looks like we really getting down to the nitty gritty with our Texas home build. Last we saw the interior pieces are starting to come together. And as far as we can tell, at least through FaceTime, everything appears to be working out as planned. That’s a little weight off our shoulders. Not being on site to see everything person had us second guessing some things.

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June 2024 Financial Update

Published on July 27, 2024April 11, 2026 by 1 Comment

Welcome to our very late, and probably brief, June 2024 Financial Update. Better late than never I guess!

We were hesitant to even write this blog given how close we are to another month end. However, with everything we have going on there is no telling when we will be able to get to that month end blog either. So we are using this brief window of free time to give our update.

Since our last update we have traveled back and forth between Utah and Texas twice. Both trips required a lot of our attention as our home build is really getting down to the details. This stage is both exciting and a little scary. Our design choices starting to get implemented into the house so hopefully everything comes together as planned. The problem is that we are now 1,200 miles away and can’t be there to make changes on the fly if something doesn’t pan out. Hopefully when we get back there we don’t have an “oh shit” moment.

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March 2024 Financial Update

Published on April 11, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

After a long week we have finally settled down enough to put together our March 2024 financial update blog. But, as you will see this is only a temporary pause. The craziness that is our lives at the moment is just starting. Buckle up, this is going to be a long one!

The last couple of weeks we have been a whirlwind! We probably made it worse than it needed to be, but we are glad to be settled for the moment. Over the last month or so we emptied out our RV and made several trips to our property to move stuff into storage. We are so happy finally be out of San Antonio, but the fun is just beginning!

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February 2024 Financial Update

Published on March 10, 2024April 11, 2026 by Leave a comment

Oh, where to begin! Another month in the books and it’s time for our February 2024 financial update.

However, before we get to the numbers let us bring you up to speed on the adventure that is our life. We knew that building a custom home would be a new challenge that would take a lot of patience. In our update last month we were in the process of trying to get permits and approvals for our plans. The good news is that we have cleared all of those hurdles. The not so good news is that there are a whole new set of hurdles to jump over.

It’s not a real big deal and we are making progress, but our timeline keeps getting pushed back. It would have been helpful to know about these things months ago as we could have probably taken care of them. The problem we have is that this is all new to us. We don’t know what we don’t know. Then something comes up in conversation and we have to figure it out. It’s all part of the experience I guess!

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January 2024 Financial Update

Published on February 8, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our January 2024 financial update. As you can imagine there is a lot going on in the RVonFire household. It feels like everything is up in the air as life is continuously evolving.

On the home front not much has changed or progressed. We agreed on terms with a new builder and visited the property to discuss a few things. Now we are in that phase of trying to get permits and approvals so we can get started on the build. For me this is the worst part of the process as I hate waiting on people, especially government types. Although we can definitively say that South Dakota and Texas government folks are much more courteous, helpful and respectful than the human debris that occupies California government entities.

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