Courtesy of CEO Medium, here’s a roundup of great cities to check out, plus some best practices for living in an RV while running a business.

Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas, is renowned for its trendy music scene and buzzing young population that’s three years younger than the national average. However, the city also has a fantastic startup community, making it a great spot for entrepreneurs. Built-In Austin has a guide to area startups and business support systems.

If you’re looking for a place to park your home in Austin, do your research first. Downtown is the heart of the action, with loads of live music venues, while North Austin is more family-friendly. Familiarizing yourself with the different neighbourhoods while you’re in an RV will allow you to determine where you’d like to live if you want to rent or buy a house.

Santa Monica, California

If you like spending time outdoors, consider taking your RV to Santa Monica, California. The weather is great and you can enjoy nature in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Santa Monica is also great for entrepreneurs, with an active startup scene and lots of great coworking spaces.

Santa Monica also has no shortage of places to park your RV. Popular nearby spots include Crystal Lake Campground and Circle X Ranch Group. If you’re done with the RV life and decide to settle down here, you can find more affordable housing in the Mar Vista part of town, close to the college.

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is another startup hotspot well worth a look if you’re a digital nomad entrepreneur. According to Boulder Startups, the city has some of the country’s top tech startups and thriving local innovation industry. You’ll find plenty of opportunities for networking, collaborating, and building a business.

One drawback of Boulder is that it has a fairly high cost of living. However, if you’re living in an RV, you don’t have to worry about paying rent or a mortgage. If you later decide you want to call Boulder your permanent home, you might consider moving to a more affordable nearby town like Longmont or Lyons.

Detroit, Michigan

In contrast to Boulder, Detroit has a super low cost of living, well below the national average. This can make it a great pick if you’re a fresh entrepreneur worried about funding. Detroit also offers other perks for digital nomads, including a boom of coworking spaces and a supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem.

If you’re thinking of calling Detroit home, scope out neighbourhoods carefully. The city can be dangerous, so security is a top concern. Possible districts worth looking at include Downtown Detroit, the University District, and Midtown. Sherwood Forest and Rosedale Park are also popular if you like some greenery.

Best practices for RV-living digital nomad entrepreneurs

Whatever city you choose, you want to make sure you’re running your entrepreneurial venture in line with best practices. As a digital nomad, it’s important to make sure you have a consistent source of electricity and internet access when needed. Scoping out coworking spaces is critical.

Further, help protect your business wherever you are by registering it as an LLC with your home state. This can protect your liability, streamline your tax reporting, and reduce administrative burden. A business formation service can help you with the process, sparing you the expense of a pricey lawyer.

Even though you may be on the move, it’s important that your vendors can always find you. Use a free online invoice maker to create professional branded invoices that you can print out or send digitally from anywhere in the world. Be sure to include contact information so contractors and suppliers can reach you even when you’re not in a physical office space.

The digital nomad life is incredibly exciting, especially in an RV. However, it also requires careful planning. The above guide provides some pointers.

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After working in her “dream job” as a veterinary assistant, Chasity dealt with the ugly side of the business and was the subject of bullying and harassment from her superiors. After sliding into a deep phase of depression it was time to escape. Chasity hit a breaking point as most people do and knew she had to take a leap of faith. She grabbed her camera and decided it was time to make her Instagram work for her. 

As an adventure enthusiast, and nature obsessed explorer, Chasity turned her passion into her “niche” on Instagram, and put her efforts toward educating others about protecting the outdoors as well as living a sustainable and healthy lifestyle. To fund her travels she monetized her Instagram by reaching out to brands for collaborations and commercial photography. With many more rejections than confirmations, she pushed forward with sheer persistence and eventually began to land brand deals worth over $1000. As she puts it, “most people will count themselves out before any brand can.” 

Now, after traveling multiple continents and countries all around the world based solely on the income from brand collaborations and content creation, she’s learned the ins and outs of running a business on Instagram as a micro-influencer and has turned to help her audience do the same. 

“Whether they want to travel the world or just spend more time with the kids at home, I try to give my audience the exact tools they need in a step by step process that takes them from where they are to where they want to be, so they gain the knowledge and confidence to have faith in themselves and go after whatever it is they want out of life!” 

Chasity’s content on Instagram is filled with an abundance of knowledge and tips, from solving her audience’s pain points to lighthearted “would you rather” mini-games, and she says, “It’s not going anywhere”, because, despite all her continued work with brands like Columbia and Native, her biggest passion lies in helping her followers chase their dreams. And she’s not lying! Chasity remains insanely busy, not only from Instagram but also through running a private Facebook group called the Content Creator Mastermind Community, where like-minded individuals can support each other and watch her teach in live sessions, operating The Content Creator Podcast where she interviews digital creators from all around the world, and by creating a myriad of information products designed to teach her audience the step by step process to create their success as a digital nomad. And lastly, if that isn’t enough Chasity offers individual coaching to select members of her community which she says she’ll be looking to expand into 2021! 

When asked what advice Chasity would give to anybody who wants to escape the rat race and become a digital nomad she had this to say, “Just start even if you don’t know how! You only live once, and not many people can say they live their life like they are only living it once. What are all the things you would do if you knew you had only one week left to live? What if you knew you only had one year left to live? And what if you only had one life left to live?… We all have to start at the beginning and you can’t get to where you want to be if you don’t start. Take a leap of faith and invest in yourself. There is an amazing life to be had outside the regular 9-5 grind!” 

If you’d like to learn all Chasity’s secrets, find her on Instagram @through.the.llyns, and if you want to find out everything else she has to offer head to throughthelyns.com. You can live the life of your wildest dreams and Chasity is there to help you.

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