Is it possible to register my van to a public service address (eg. Food bank) in South Dakota while being out of state? Planning to road trip Seattle down the west coast and not actually be in SD
I’m sure your friends whose house you watch while they’re gone are grateful to have you around! Entertain us with some more of your guitar music while you’re there 🎸 🎶
Good video man. These are the big questions ive been asking other van life channels. They will show you waterfalls, camping in paradise easy hassle free living but im like.....you gotta register the damn vehicle every year, you gotta have a physical address for the parasite govt and banks. They dont like accepting p.o. boxes and theses other van life youtubers are like "hmm i dont know what you should do" like wtf you say you've been living this van life...i suspect its alot of fakers out there promoting the "van life" who arent really van lifers. they are just actors. But you are the real deal so appreciate the solid answers. Cuz im thinking long term say you sell your house to live van life full time and you move to the west coast or east coast whereever you are, you may not find someone to use as their home address. I would prefer the hermit way of living so the van would be the home address. All my relatives are dead so cant use their address
Dude, once you go full time in the van get yourself set up with a mail forwarding service for fulltimers. Best ones are in Texas, Nevada, So. Dakota, and Florida. Works as residential address and all are state tax free. Good for auto registration too.
Great to see your Buddy back. Loved your video about having a physical home address. My bank allowed me to use a po box after I had given them a physical home residence. Lots of people sell their house. Before I sold my house I got a po box in the same postal zip code where I had my house.
Matty, this is super helpful info! I am just starting to get stuff from my apartment listed, sold and cleared out to make way for living on the road with my son in summer of 2022. I am trying to gather up all of the information I will need in order to be successful when the time comes to leave, and information like this is gold to me! thank you! -Liz
Good morning Matty from California It’s raining here but not all day I also use a UPS mailing address here in California I can use that UPS for my bank I’ve been banking there for 18 years they know me well and they know I do van life oh by the way my dog Lily wants to play with buddy I was watching Newsmax then I saw you had posted I’d rather watch your video it’s entertaining and it feels fresh I hope you’re having a great day look forward to the next video
Matty, p.o. box at post office will be cheaper. You can use their physical address to gave larger items shipped. Also, try going in person and speak to a mgr at bank and tei them your situation. They may be able to do a manual override and use p.o. box or post office address. Let me know if this works for you 😊😊
Hi Matty, I may well be looking at all the ramifications of the mobile life soon as I have just paid outright for my large people mover which I am going to convert to stealth living, your comments and tips are still relevant even though I live in New Zealand.
Actually, it's nice to see you in bright light for a change! The house sitting gig came at a perfect time...get yourself ready to hit the road while not having to worry about a place to park. Have you looked onto changing to a credit union for your banking? Mine accepted my using a post office box. Credit unions also charge fewer fees, and offer lower interest rate credit cards and personal loans. I do all of my banking online. Pats to Buddy...he's looking well😸
Glad you get to house sit. That will help immensely. I live in MT and am strongly considering van life. Was also considering moving to Cleveland TN due to a ministry I follow and family history in Memphis. I've heard Bob speak on these issues also, but a refresher course is very welcome.
You being a TH-cam creator, you have your own business now. You can write off expenses that you make on TH-cam; such as, things you put in to the van camera gear you spent money on and you get the idea. There are also companies that you can have as a domicile address that will work with banking. Certain states like Florida have these companies where it works out that way. I’ve heard people talk on TH-cam about companies that can set you up with it
A bigger problem is if your friend or relatives rents a place and does not own the property, Nosy fellow neighbors can tell the landlord some strangers mail will show up and that's where the real problems begin.
Tennessee is the Best ! Usually we vote to put in Conservative management for state-local and rep`s and that keeps taxes low and no state employment tax. There is no state inspection or emission test here in the east part of Tn. Ive been here for 29 years. I rent part of a building for my business and use it for my address but also do the p.o. box thing for public printing / mag`s / etc.. the longer you keep it the same then the better it is and other businesses or people get use to it. Keep up the good work.
Been living in my van for a few years now in Virginia. Your UPS mailbox allows you to receive postal mail & deliveries from UPS, FedEx. Your post office box allows only postal mail. I tried using the street address of post office & unit number. But Postmaster sent me a letter. The address must say PO Box xxxx, Zip code. Besides you can't garage a vehicle at a UPS or USPS mailbox. So for car insurance, you must use a physical address. If an accident, there's a chance your claim will be denied & the insurance cancelled because your vehicle is not garaged at your physical address. Last year I came down with prostate cancer. Now on Disability. I can't use a friend's address because their income adds to mine. You must live in a separate residence or the lease stipulate you don't share expenses. The hospital, social security, SNAP & my bank accept the PO box as a mailing address. All my bills are opted for paperless. For a couple years after I started van life, my old apartment was empty. So my neighbor collected my mail & called me. But a law student moved in. I started getting tons of mail from social services. So I forwarded everything to PO Box. Few items still slip through. But my driver's license has my old address. Next year is renewal. I need to find a cheap apartment so I can change it to a legitimate address where I actually live. And keep the van for transportation & occasional van life. Escape plan.
If you make less than $75,000 per year, you can e-file for free. You just have to go to the IRS website and follow the link for "File taxes for free" then you can either answer a questionnaire to get matched with a service or browse the services yourself. I always do the TaxAct because it includes everything and the state is free too.. If you go through the TaxAct website they will trick you into paying for this form or that so you have to go through the IRS link to get the free file.
New Hampshire too on the income tax- Things that you really can't get around - Federal Licenses (ex: Pilot's License) and license to carry in some states, they pretty much want a physical address.
Matt i think you implied income tax free but its State tax free which is a plus and car tags are cheaper there than South Carolina untill the vehicle gets much older. I was shocked you could use UPS box for a drivers liscense since homeland security got involved during Obama. I would try it . Good info first hand !
Nice spending lunchtime with you! Believe it or not, here in New York I have to pay more to the state in taxes than to the federal government . Happy house sitting - a month will be great to recharge your personal battery (not the van) 👍😊
Your bank should let you enter a mailing address that's dif than your physical "home" address. Tell them you want your stuff mailed to the other address you use, and they'll do that for you. (That'd save bugging your friend.)
Thank you for that very educational video we are trying to register are vehicle in New Mexico we live in Texas will they accept Box UPS ????? Thank you for your response.
This is interesting. My question is: don't those UPS mailboxes ask for something? Don't you have to fill in a form with an address for that? Do you use your friend's address for that too?
If you travel full time and make TH-cam videos with a large enough following to be monetized: are you considered to have made money in each state you filmed in? How does that work?
My question is could you just opt to have paperless statements I.e. online rather than having your letters send to a billing address? If anyone has insight that would be great!
This is exactly the video I was looking for thank you so much I been awake for two days due to stress about these questions
South Dakota is used by a lot of nomadic RVers because they have a mail service especially for those folks. Check it out!
I am heading to South Dakota next week to change my residency. Seems super affordable on insurance as well.
@@hpshifter7783 Lots are moving those to Nevada now
@@KatyInNH I have seen that as well.
Is it possible to register my van to a public service address (eg. Food bank) in South Dakota while being out of state? Planning to road trip Seattle down the west coast and not actually be in SD
I’m sure your friends whose house you watch while they’re gone are grateful to have you around! Entertain us with some more of your guitar music while you’re there 🎸 🎶
Good video man. These are the big questions ive been asking other van life channels. They will show you waterfalls, camping in paradise easy hassle free living but im like.....you gotta register the damn vehicle every year, you gotta have a physical address for the parasite govt and banks. They dont like accepting p.o. boxes and theses other van life youtubers are like "hmm i dont know what you should do" like wtf you say you've been living this van life...i suspect its alot of fakers out there promoting the "van life" who arent really van lifers. they are just actors. But you are the real deal so appreciate the solid answers. Cuz im thinking long term say you sell your house to live van life full time and you move to the west coast or east coast whereever you are, you may not find someone to use as their home address. I would prefer the hermit way of living so the van would be the home address. All my relatives are dead so cant use their address
Buddy is a Mastermind!!!♥️
That he is 👍🏽
Here in Alaska we have no state tax. 😀 Plus, we get the Permanent Fund Dividend. Great video!
Good info Matty. Good , true friends are a great treasure.Which makes you a well off man....if not indeed a wealthy man✌️💞
Great that Tennessee is fairly care free. Your friends are awesome!
Dude, once you go full time in the van get yourself set up with a mail forwarding service for fulltimers. Best ones are in Texas, Nevada, So. Dakota, and Florida. Works as residential address and all are state tax free. Good for auto registration too.
The lighting and camera angle were fine!
Nice info. Expecting some guitar playing when you house sit soon. Take care and stay well Matty!
Good video keep posting updates up
Great to see your Buddy back. Loved your video about having a physical home address. My bank allowed me to use a po box after I had given them a physical home residence. Lots of people sell their house. Before I sold my house I got a po box in the same postal zip code where I had my house.
Matty, this is super helpful info! I am just starting to get stuff from my apartment listed, sold and cleared out to make way for living on the road with my son in summer of 2022. I am trying to gather up all of the information I will need in order to be successful when the time comes to leave, and information like this is gold to me! thank you! -Liz
Good morning Matty from California It’s raining here but not all day I also use a UPS mailing address here in California I can use that UPS for my bank I’ve been banking there for 18 years they know me well and they know I do van life oh by the way my dog Lily wants to play with buddy I was watching Newsmax then I saw you had posted I’d rather watch your video it’s entertaining and it feels fresh I hope you’re having a great day look forward to the next video
Matty, p.o. box at post office will be cheaper. You can use their physical address to gave larger items shipped. Also, try going in person and speak to a mgr at bank and tei them your situation. They may be able to do a manual override and use p.o. box or post office address. Let me know if this works for you 😊😊
Great information Matty 🤙🏼 thank you for sharing this 👍🏼 - Ray
You have things well organized. Ty for the advise.
Very happy for you Matty.
Hi Matty, I may well be looking at all the ramifications of the mobile life soon as I have just paid outright for my large people mover which I am going to convert to stealth living, your comments and tips are still relevant even though I live in New Zealand.
Actually, it's nice to see you in bright light for a change! The house sitting gig came at a perfect time...get yourself ready to hit the road while not having to worry about a place to park. Have you looked onto changing to a credit union for your banking? Mine accepted my using a post office box. Credit unions also charge fewer fees, and offer lower interest rate credit cards and personal loans. I do all of my banking online. Pats to Buddy...he's looking well😸
Glad you get to house sit. That will help immensely. I live in MT and am strongly considering van life. Was also considering moving to Cleveland TN due to a ministry I follow and family history in Memphis. I've heard Bob speak on these issues also, but a refresher course is very welcome.
You being a TH-cam creator, you have your own business now. You can write off expenses that you make on TH-cam; such as, things you put in to the van camera gear you spent money on and you get the idea. There are also companies that you can have as a domicile address that will work with banking. Certain states like Florida have these companies where it works out that way. I’ve heard people talk on TH-cam about companies that can set you up with it
Glad to see all is well. Good info ☆
In AZ you can prepay your car registration for 5 years. So mine doesn't expire until 2025. You only have to do smog if you live down in Phoenix area.
A bigger problem is if your friend or relatives rents a place and does not own the property, Nosy fellow neighbors can tell the landlord some strangers mail will show up and that's where the real problems begin.
I think I heard that some areas outside of Nashville do not require car emissions tests, but I do not know for sure.
Tennessee is the Best ! Usually we vote to put in Conservative management for state-local and rep`s and that keeps taxes low and no state employment tax. There is no state inspection or emission test here in the east part of Tn.
Ive been here for 29 years. I rent part of a building for my business and use it for my address but also do the p.o. box thing for public printing / mag`s / etc.. the longer you keep it the same then the better it is and other businesses or people get use to it. Keep up the good work.
Been living in my van for a few years now in Virginia. Your UPS mailbox allows you to receive postal mail & deliveries from UPS, FedEx. Your post office box allows only postal mail. I tried using the street address of post office & unit number. But Postmaster sent me a letter. The address must say PO Box xxxx, Zip code.
Besides you can't garage a vehicle at a UPS or USPS mailbox. So for car insurance, you must use a physical address. If an accident, there's a chance your claim will be denied & the insurance cancelled because your vehicle is not garaged at your physical address.
Last year I came down with prostate cancer. Now on Disability. I can't use a friend's address because their income adds to mine. You must live in a separate residence or the lease stipulate you don't share expenses. The hospital, social security, SNAP & my bank accept the PO box as a mailing address. All my bills are opted for paperless.
For a couple years after I started van life, my old apartment was empty. So my neighbor collected my mail & called me. But a law student moved in. I started getting tons of mail from social services. So I forwarded everything to PO Box. Few items still slip through.
But my driver's license has my old address. Next year is renewal. I need to find a cheap apartment so I can change it to a legitimate address where I actually live. And keep the van for transportation & occasional van life. Escape plan.
I'm keeping current Alabama address until I move west then use Nevada as well. Never thought in a million years I would be a Nevada lol
I do my taxes in the IRS website for free. I'm a driver with a 1099. No problem
Great vid, really informative!
If you make less than $75,000 per year, you can e-file for free. You just have to go to the IRS website and follow the link for "File taxes for free" then you can either answer a questionnaire to get matched with a service or browse the services yourself. I always do the TaxAct because it includes everything and the state is free too.. If you go through the TaxAct website they will trick you into paying for this form or that so you have to go through the IRS link to get the free file.
New Hampshire too on the income tax- Things that you really can't get around - Federal Licenses (ex: Pilot's License) and license to carry in some states, they pretty much want a physical address.
Nice matty.
Just a thought:
Do you have AAA there?
They do alot of other services
Also example: car registration
And more.
Good day to you buddy.
Lighting is great!
Matt i think you implied income tax free but its State tax free which is a plus and car tags are cheaper there than South Carolina untill the vehicle gets much older. I was shocked you could use UPS box for a drivers liscense since homeland security got involved during Obama. I would try it . Good info first hand !
Nice spending lunchtime with you! Believe it or not, here in New York I have to pay more to the state in taxes than to the federal government . Happy house sitting - a month will be great to recharge your personal battery (not the van) 👍😊
@ Dorette Lyons - REALLY? I live in NYC and paid (before I retired last year) state and city taxes and combined they were not more than federal taxes.
@@MG-gm5di Maybe it's unique to my situation, but myself and a few others in workplace owe more to the state than the federal government annually
You have good friends
Dump your bank, go with a credit union.
Leave self address stamped envelope for your friend send it to UPS store. Your friend is going to do an alleyoupe. No chance of you loosing your mail.
good info thank you
Your bank should let you enter a mailing address that's dif than your physical "home" address. Tell them you want your stuff mailed to the other address you use, and they'll do that for you. (That'd save bugging your friend.)
I used South Dakota, got my mailbox remotely registered my van. Easy peasy...Low insurance too.
Did you use a PO box or your personal home address in SD to remotely register?
If I ever get to be nomadic, I want to be invisible.
I had a UPS store address for my mail, but the Drivers License office in Texas did not accept it as a physical address. I enjoy your videos!
good to know...what did you do then?
@@MannyWC I have a home base (with family) so I just used that address.
@@melissas8137 Yeah, I guess I'm gonna do the same.
Thank you for that very educational video we are trying to register are vehicle in New Mexico we live in Texas will they accept Box UPS ????? Thank you for your response.
I'm sorry I cannot answer this I have no idea what requirements New Mexico has
This is interesting. My question is: don't those UPS mailboxes ask for something? Don't you have to fill in a form with an address for that? Do you use your friend's address for that too?
Maybe an electronic bank would work?
Emissions every year? Sounds crazier than CA.
If you travel full time and make TH-cam videos with a large enough following to be monetized: are you considered to have made money in each state you filmed in? How does that work?
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Matty, I'm wondering whether some, most, or even all credit unions would accept a UPS mailing address? It only takes one of course.
The bank needs a residential address to prevent fraud
BofA acceptts UPS store address no problem at all ,
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Nice video...
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...everybody does, Except the Bank! 😂
No income tax in Wyoming.
What address do you use on your drivers license? Thx for the helpful video.
The address of the last apartment I lived in.... when it comes time to renew it, I'll use my current address at the UPS store
@@MattyVanHalen gotcha that’s same as me then. My lease is up end of Dec. thx.
UPS mailbox service..."it's expensive..." and then fails to say how much, or even a range.
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My issue is my business is on Google.... who here uses a 'paid for' address for 'google my business'? And Google doesn't boot you? thank you!
hell'o any advice on van insurance what should i cover extra thanks
How would you fill out the address part for drivers license and registration if you have a ups mailbox?
It's different in every state but if your state allows it, use the UPS store address
NH has no state income tax
Does your driver license have the ups mailbox address?
No
You should be able to claim the expense from all the smashed bells.
My question is could you just opt to have paperless statements I.e. online rather than having your letters send to a billing address? If anyone has insight that would be great!
I am paperless with 90% of everything but there are some companies that just insist on sending me mail
@@MattyVanHalen thanks. I see. What about banks? Can you go completely paperless with them?
@@youtubetimecapsul7491 what if you need a card replacement - they need an address for that
Why do all these just say use a friends or relatives address. Like obviously if I had that option I wouldn't be searching for such information
If we are free in the United States, why are we no allowed to live stateless.
Delaware is another tax friendly state.
I feel like I’m going to prison for this lol
Nobody pays taxes, keep driving.
You live like homeless how you can stay? Legal¿
Where im from, the government takes 1/3 rd to 1/2 of u r pay cheqs in taxes , depending on how much u earn , overtime in the oilfield, is taxed at 48%