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--- opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2019/11/02 16:52]
frater_secessus [money]
+++ opinion:frater_secessus:beginner_mistakes [2020/01/03 10:32]
frater_secessus [power]
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+The seller must have a title in hand, and it must be in their name.  Breaking this rule typically results in heartbreak.
 ==== failure to find vans ====
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 ==== failure to assess interior space ====
-It is common for people to **buy a van then decide there is some deal-breaker about the living space**. This will be your home and it needs to suit you.  RVers have a saying about this:  "try to buy your third RV first".
+It is common for people to **buy a van then decide there is some deal-breaker about [[rv:cargo_van:comparo#living_area_comparison|the living space]]**. This will be your home and it needs to suit you.  RVers have a saying about this:  "try to buy your third RV first".
-The key to eliminating this mistake is to pay close attention to spend time the cargo area.  Bring a tapemeasure.  Lay down longwise and sidewise.  Stand up, or stoop if necessary.  Can you handle the space? Imagine how your build would work in that space. Step into and out of the cargo area.  Pass from the cargo area to the cab in both directions.
+The key to eliminating this mistake is to pay close attention to spend time the cargo area.  Bring a tape measure.  Lay down longwise and sidewise.  Stand up, or stoop if necessary.  Can you handle the space? Imagine how your build would work in that space. Step into and out of the cargo area.  Pass from the cargo area to the cab in both directions.
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 Power in the camper is misunderstood by some and blown off by most.  It's mainly math with some extra reading required, so I get why it's not a fun topic.  But it's **central to the build** and rewards good research and good planning.
-**A van is not an apartment**, so stop thinking that way.  A productive approach is to start from nothing then decide what specific you need to make your vanlife workable. This goes hand-in-hand with the math below. A counterproductive approach is assuming you can have everything you had in a house or apartment, then start cutting out devices until you can possibly, maybe, in the best possible scenario actually run them.
+**A van is not an apartment**, so stop thinking that way.  A productive approach is to **start from nothing** then decide what you need to make your vanlife workable. Prefer non-electric approaches to electric ones.  This goes hand-in-hand with the math below. **Wanting everything you had in a house or apartment** will cause disappointment, great expense, or both.

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