TOP 7 Money-Making Jobs Every RV Owner Needs to Know! (RV Life)

Gone are the days you need to wait until retirement before hitting the road in an RV. We live in a weird time now where the old ways of making money are so much different than how you make money right now. Let's be honest, there are so many different ways you can be making money on the road and today we're going to cover some great opportunities for you to set you up for the most success. One of the most common questions we get asked when we meet somebody on the road is how are you youngins able to afford this lifestyle? We've been doing this for seven years. Can you believe that? Full-time on the road for seven years. So we have a lot of experience and knowledge that we want to share with you guys today. And we've met a lot of people and they shared what they do for work on the road. So we've gathered a whole list of jobs that we've come across and some of these might pique your interest. I can't tell you how many times we read in the comments below of when people say we plan on going full-time within the next five years. After today's video that might change for you because you're going to realize that maybe you could be going full-time a lot sooner than what you originally thought you could. Now a lot of people know that you can make money on the road but what about job stability or job security? That's important to a lot of people out there. It's absolutely huge. Let's think about it. What has the normal been for the longest time? You stay at a job. You live in one place. You have one job that takes good care of you throughout your entire life. They give you benefits and everything you need to be completely satisfied throughout your life. But I think those times are changing because believe it or not going forward more people are trying to get out on the road because they're realizing hey I don't need to be stuck in one area. I can travel around and still reap those benefits. The biggest concern with job security and stability is you already have that established where you're living at right now and it is hard. Change is extremely uncomfortable for us as humans. So it's kind of interesting when you think about getting on the road you want that peace of mind going forward knowing that I'm going to be safe and secure and I'm going to have a steady stream of income always coming in. Well I don't think it's that far-fetched to actually have that come true. Let us share a little bit about what happened to us as travel nurses. Nursing a job that sounds very very secure in today's world right? When we originally started seven years ago we got into the RV lifestyle only because of travel nursing. We went into it saying this is a guaranteed job and a career that is going to take care of us for the longest time at least as as long as we want to stay on the road. Yeah we figured if there wasn't one location hiring there's got to be some hospital out there that needs ER nurses right? Let's go back to May of 2020. We're in the middle of the pandemic and we're working in Bend Oregon and our contract was just about done and we were chatting with the manager about re-signing. All of a sudden not just where we were but all over the country nurses were having a hard time securing their jobs. Now let's think about that for a second. In the middle of a pandemic nurses were having a hard time finding a job or keeping their job especially if you worked in the operating room. They had all surgeries elective surgeries cancelled. I remember getting on Facebook groups for travel nurses that were in the ER all over the country and so many people were saying the same thing. I cannot get a job. Nobody is hiring. There's a hiring freeze. So what is this story trying to tell you? Well no job is safe and secure out there so you need to get out of your head that if I'm in this company if I'm in this line of work I'm going to be safe and secure forever. And this is something we want to emphasize to you guys to help take the pressure off your shoulders. Unfortunately nothing is 100% secure so hopefully that brings you a little peace of mind going forward. Not in so much the fact that it's not secure but so much of the fact that it's just unattainable but we got lots of options that we're going to cover here in just a moment to give you the flexibility to get you through different moments of your traveling lifestyle living in an RV. This first job we're very grateful we were able to meet these type of workers because they kept us fed and having a great time. When we were parked for a travel nurse assignment in northern California we had so many pipeline workers surrounding us and they were all from Louisiana and they always invited us over to their RVs for fish fries a couple beers. Yes. It was a great time. We chatted with them a lot about how they do this and they basically said they're in the you know electric Qigong industry and they all bought fifth wheels so that they can go on these projects and be able to make a lot of money while living in their RV. And this just isn't related to pipeline workers it's trade workers in general. So what we're talking about is if you have a history in plumbing, electrician, road construction these are going to be great assets for you to pursue out on the road. We stumbled upon this website the other day that I just wanted to share taskrabbit.com. Basically people hire individuals to come help them with errands you know they can help them with painting jobs or moving furniture or like simple home improvement jobs. Actually let's just go to the website and take a look at some of the things they offer here. They have tasks for like moving services if you're a handyman. I mean as simple as tv mounting. The best part about this is is it's so fluent. Think of it as like a website resource where somebody is just like I need this done and then the other person coming in is like I can actually do this for you. The website takes like a slight commission off of each transaction but everyone's happy. And we are not affiliated with this website or this company. We literally just stumbled across it a few days ago so we don't know how it works or how well it works. So take that with a grain of salt. Yeah well this next one is tailored around seasonal jobs. Have you talked to your sister lately? Working on the Christmas tree farm? Yes my sister and her boyfriend every year go down to Texas and they work on a Christmas tree farm in like an end of October, November, and early December and they make a ton of money. Oh she's also worked as a bartender at a ski resort in Colorado and New Mexico. So you just got to find out where the tourists are and you can take a job for a few months. Work work work and then take a few months off to go explore and actually enjoy the other seasons. Bartenders make a lot of money and depending on what your expenses are and your budget you'll be surprised at how much you can live off of for an extended period of time. So if you have no debt like us we're debt free we are able to go for such long periods of time without income flowing in which is great. Freedom baby. I've also heard a lot about the beet harvest that happens in I think North Dakota or Montana so look into that because they apparently pay very well and it's a seasonal job. Also there's a lot of jobs you can do at national parks or state parks for a certain amount of time. Nice and you get to hang out in some amazing places like Yosemite or Yellowstone. You're like I've always wanted to go visit those places but I'm stuck here working. Well not anymore just take your work to those places win win. The nice part about seasonal jobs too is if you don't like it you don't have to do it again. We've met a lot of people that will do a job that's seasonal and they're like oh my gosh I met so many people they're now my best friends I go back every year because they now can guarantee me a job there every year. That sounds much better than being locked into a company where you're like I don't like it here. Awkward. When we were in Alaska we met a couple who was working at the Fairbanks KOA so seasonal job but this is part of our next category which is work camping or you'll also hear the term work camping. Basically though what it is is you take your RV to these certain places like campgrounds, state parks, and you work there temporarily and they pay for your site. Yeah it's like a win-win for you and the campground because you're helping them out and they're giving you a campsite plus pay. Landscaping, some yard work, those are the guys you know leaf blowing at eight in the morning when you're trying to drink your coffee. Just cleaning up the bathrooms. It's like really not that bad of work and we've met a lot of people that do it and they say it's cake and the best part is we split our time with other work campers on site and when they're working we're off traveling and doing our own thing. How cool is that? And if you're not looking to do a lot of labor like outside there's so many opportunities to be able to work inside the front desk, take reservations, and to be able to have your site covered guys that's that's a big expense. Take it from us the RV sites out on the road is going to be your biggest expense. RV parks are ridiculous with prices. Do you remember that one time we met that lady who was a hairdresser? Oh yeah so there was a resort in Florida where they had a lot of amenities on site and one of them was a hair salon so she worked at the resort as a bartender some days and then also as a hairdresser. That is so cool. That is I think there's just a lot of opportunities out there depending on what your skill set is and you just have to look into it. I found a few websites you guys can look into if you want to get into work camping. One of them was work at koa.com specifically for KOA campgrounds. The other one was workampingjobs.com. Also through escapees they have something called the RVer job exchange. Call campgrounds in certain areas where you actually want to go travel to. A lot of times you can call or email them and there will be a section on their website that says want to work for us reach out. Traveling medical professionals. Notice we did not say travel nursing. Did you guys know how many positions are out there in the medical field that need to be covered nationwide? We're talking radiology techs, phlebotomists, nurse aides, medical assistants. The list goes on and on. It is insane. Speaking from us and our experience positions only usually last about 13 weeks at a time. That's why we love travel nursing so much. It's because we can plan our vacations in between contracts or if we just want to make a ton of money we could just work work work work work and you're getting tax-free money as well as a travel professional. I mean it's how we were able to pay off all of our debt. It's just work work work. They were like, Hanks would you like overtime? Yes yes yes. Yes please. Now this next job opportunity that we're going to present with you guys is great because it is so obtainable in a short amount of time if you have no experience whatsoever. Now we know two people who do this job and it's called an insurance claims adjuster. This job sounds way worse than it is. Trust us. Basically what these guys do is they go to places after natural disasters and they just do insurance claims on whatever happened. Think of hurricanes or places that got hit with tornadoes or big floods. Listen there's such a big need for insurance claims at those times and if you're really good at math or construction background well this is going to be a perfect fit for you. How long does it take to get certified? Well we texted our friend yesterday to find out and let's just read what he said. So he said for the adjusting you have to do a pre-licensing class, pass a residential state exam, apply for licensing in the states you want, get a background check as well as fingerprints. But all in all one can expect to spend around a thousand dollars in three to five months to become a licensed claim adjuster. Then each state you want to license in must apply and pay the application fee normally around a hundred bucks per state and the license is good for two years. It sounds a lot like travel nursing. Yeah I was gonna say with travel nursing you have to have your license ahead of time for what state you want to go to and every state wants you to pay. And a thousand bucks may seem like a lot but according to these guys you make a lot of bang for your buck if you're working a lot at one time. Wow it's getting really bright outside. Okay that's better. Can you see me now? You were starting to be very glowy on that side. Like a ghost. Most office jobs out there have become remote and everyone is working from their couch in their pajamas. Which has led to a lot more people hitting the road in their RV because they are already remote. If you're an accountant no longer do you have to really go to the office or bookkeeping. Everything is online nowadays. Technology is growing faster than any of us can keep up with but you might as well ride the wave and make it work for you instead of you working against it. Get out enjoy life and travel while being able to take your work with you wherever you go. I was doing a lot of research recently to see what are some remote jobs people do nowadays and I no kidding stumbled upon hundreds. Even if you don't really have a stable secure job in that right now maybe you have some expertise in other things like you can be a good consultation for others out on the road. You have knowledge in a certain industry like I don't know event planning or wedding planning. Online transcription, writing, customer service representative. Starting a YouTube channel this is all something we learned on the go from YouTube itself. So it's like how much do you actually want it? Do you really want to just wait it out and keep putting off this lifestyle into the future and hope that you just obtain it one day or do you just want to take it and go with it? Take a course where you can really get into learning how to be a transcriptionist or you can also jump into being a virtual assistant. Website design, graphic design, bookkeeping, a lot of the things we just said. You can learn this ahead of time so when you hit the road you're not scrambling for work. Let's go back to what I was saying about a job being out there that is in such high demand and not only that it's going to continue to grow over the years because of how popular RVing has become. I think the best part about this is is it's related to the RV niche. So when when you want to travel in an RV and you get to work from your RV on this industry. Such a high demand mobile RV technicians. I guess the term would be mobile mobile RV techs because there's a lot of mobile RV techs out there meaning they'll come to you if you have an issue. Yes. But you could go to them technically. These guys are so flexible and they can work nationwide once again. The schooling doesn't take very long. It's not extremely expensive and there's such a need for them because if you've seen any of our previous videos you realize that a lot of people are just stuck out there looking for some answers and some help for repairs on their RVs. Also do you remember we met Derek and Lacey at one of our meetups and they have their own business called Cross Country Solar and they go around the country and do like battery and solar installs. Really great work and I think that's super cool because he got trained and certified in what he does and he does it great and then they come to you to do these projects. I think a lot of you guys out there are very handy. A lot more handy than we are when it comes to working on RVs. So if you have a little bit of a background you might as well just ride that wave. Take a little bit extra schooling or classes and then go make a business for yourself out on the road. Man I can't tell you how many times we use mobile techs and they pulled us out of a lot of hairy situations. Not only that you will know how to fix your own RV. We're even thinking about doing something like this. Taking more classes to expand our knowledge because we're quickly realizing that man we got to rely on ourselves a little bit more when things go south in the RV life. Here's why I think this job position is going to become more in demand as we go. RV inspections are becoming a normal regular thing and I can't imagine how chaotic it is for RV inspectors during the months of March or April. Like right before the summer because a lot of people are swearing by you get an RV inspection from a certified inspector before you make the purchase. There's a lot of work out there even if you just want to become a certified RV inspector. Listen living the RV life affordably is more about playing defense than offense. You want to keep those expenses super low so that you don't have to constantly work in order to enjoy yourself. And we have the video for you to watch next. Click on this right here it's going to go over eight ways to save money on the road and keep you on the road. Trust us you will love this one. See you guys next week. Bye guys!