 Well, would you look at this day to tub Tyler day to of the Jamie's van build meetup spent the past two days editing videos and just sitting literally in the same spot. Well, guess what guys today? It's laundry day Persistent hum of the Washers and dryers and anytime you're staring at the clock. It's like we're in your school You just can't wait to get out look at that clock. So glad it's done. All right. I went a little nuts at This isn't crazy, but you know some fruit. I got frozen fruit. I got a jump rope so I can stop being so fat Dressing for this salad more blueberries, but here's my guilty pleasure. It's these canned fishes. I got like smoked oysters mackerel giant calamari that stuff's a Not exactly weight loss food. Here is the beginning of Jamie's van build party. I just want to show you guys How many people are here? And it goes down there for like, I don't know a quarter mile It's absolutely incredible. How many people showed up for for this event. It's actually really cool It's some really interesting fun people and actually we should go and meet some of them today because there's a lot of full-time people and I've been a big advocate of People saving money spending less and traveling more and there's I wanted to introduce you guys to a few people like that today I'm gonna walk around and I'm gonna ask people, you know, I want to know Their mindset. I want to know why they chose this lifestyle I want to know what motivated them to to do this because it's really it's not a Common thing, you know, it's common enough, but it's it's you know, especially when you're younger It's like, you know, you can either pay a render You can travel around full-time if you have a decent income Tyler introduce yourself. Where you from? Hey guys, I'm Tyler from Denver, Colorado, but you do have a job Okay, but you live in a van, right? So how tell us why on earth you are choosing to live in a van when you can totally afford an apartment But you just don't want to or what? You know, I was a commercial real estate broker for eight or nine years and Kind of lived that corporate life and you know, it wasn't it just over time it wasn't for me and I Started buying properties while I was working and then I realized I was making enough money off my rental properties that I now have to you know Travel around and do see what I want to see and live out of the out of the Sprinter. What are you gaining through this lifestyle? I think just a lot of perspective you like right here at this event meaning such different interesting people Some like, you know, maybe like more like you and I and some are a little older and some are younger But it's just and then it can pick up and leave tomorrow and be in you know, Southern California or Mexico What about being in van is? More attractive than having a nice apartment with you know, all decorated or whatever with your buddies coming over on Sundays like watching football You know, I still do that type of stuff. I just I'll come to their house and We'll have a good time and I'll sleep in my Van at the end of the day. Yeah, I still do that stuff. Yeah all the time. Are your friends jealous of your lifestyle? some are Some are some I think it's kind of phony Also, it's all good. I mean do your tenants know that their landlord lives in a van One or two do I played the Rint game until I could afford to buy my first house But um, I would never go back to that. I mean, I'm I'm Proponent for buying homes and having mortgages because if it's a good buy, it's you know You're gonna make some money over time. That's smart real estate guy here So, you know, that's my kind of Idea of it all next person would talk with for the mindset tour Seven Wanderers world also on youtuber also on youtube does youtube videos And what are we what are you standing in front of? What is this? This is a step van, which is not really the popular vehicle for the van dwelling community But I love it mostly because I'm tall. I'm like over six foot five almost six foot six I'm jealous and the Sprinter vans are built for six foot three or under and I love Sprinter vans I wanted a Sprinter van, but it just wouldn't work for me for the height This actually turned out to be a better option because we've got the flat sides on here Which makes it really easy for building out and it's an older diesel it's 1996 So I don't have all the computer stuff that you get in the newer vehicles and you're in the process of building So just beginning yeah, it's not all built out and beautiful inside Which is perfect because I want the mindset of of why you are choosing to Travel and live full-time in a panel step van All right. Well, there's a short answer to that and there's a long answer that the short answer to that is It's just utilitarian. It's functional for my lifestyle The longer answer is that I've been traveling internationally the most part of the last six years and that I was looking for something that was Flexible and utilitarian to that lifestyle when I come back to the United States So I didn't have to like buy a vehicle and try to find a month-by-month Apartment or something like that and I want to go visit family or friends There was just not really a good solution other than something in the RV van life realm So I looked at all the option fifth-wheel trailers sprinters vans All of those ultimately I bought a box truck Cube van whatever you want to call it had that for six weeks and it just didn't quite work out with me It was too cramped in the cab space So it kind of like a U-Haul type things exactly. I was looking at buying a U-Haul truck having all the U-Haul decals on it Just for stealth Nobody no because nobody knocks on a U-Haul. It's like hey anybody sleeping in here. So that's amazing Great great stealth camping idea. So with the step and and you work remotely Yes for the last 26 years I've had a graphic design media company and I'm sort of winding that down I still do a little bit of work. I love the nomadic lifestyle so much and sort of following the four-hour work week mentality of trying to outsource and Come up with passive income. I decided to go with real estate So I sold everything here in the US in 2013 and then I got some rental properties And so I have passive income from that. So that's most my income plus some graphic design work and Just a tiny bit of revenue from YouTube from a channel as you know, yeah It doesn't pay all the bills and see what Jamie's up to by the way We should probably ask them How we came up with this crazy idea to do a bill out your van party Tung twister Well for me the reason that I started this is a couple years ago I blew the motor in a van that I was driving and had some hard times and some people Pissed in on a go for me to help me out And so I thought to pan forward I would help some people out to get their bands ready for You know a traveling lifestyle whether it be solar panels or fantastic bands in this case We went to bed in the farm. We've been at this most of the day. We're just wrapping it up So I'm pretty excited what he has here is a band that she can also use for storage. Let's check it out Nice handle Cool It's all custom And it's the exact height where she can use it as a bench to sit and work during the day so We're real happy with the way it came out. Hopefully she is too. That's amazing. By the way, Jamie is a really generous philanthropic guy he Basically built and gave away a school bus if you go check out his channel if you're not familiar with him already He's out here working for free just helping people out and It's in this day and age a very very rare thing to see someone so generous and someone so Genuinely nice and genuine so It's awesome If you guys want something build come to the next one or come to this one because it's going on for the next like three Weeks until the day before Thanksgiving