<prompt> Human: A little background - my parents own about two acres of land in rural Florida. They also own their own small business, which my brother works at with my parents. He lives with them at my parents house in the suburbs about 20 minutes from the shop, just turned 21 and is in college for a business administration degree. My parents are getting ready to put the house up for sale so they can permanently live on the land in their higher-end RV, and eventually build a house. This leaves my brother without a place to live. My parents are now pushing my brother to finance a used RV to park on their land and live in. My mother will be co-signing on this loan since my brother has no established credit history. Part of the reason for this, they say, is because renting an apartment is throwing money away. Now, aside from the various non-financial reasons why I think this is a bad idea, including the fact that he is not the outdoorsy type at all, and telling a girl hey wanna come back to my RV on my parents property isnt exactly appealing, I have read that RVs are a poor investment. He wont be buying new, thank god, but I just dont think financing a used RV is a good financial decision for him, even with my mom co-signing the loan. As far as I know he has no real savings and makes about 400week. Am I way off base here? Any reason why this might not be a bad decision?EDIT: Thank you all for your sound advice. You have confirmed my thoughts and I have successfully talked him out of this course of action. He is going to rent an apartment instead. Thank you again!!  <response>: Its not a too-terrible idea, and it might not be a poor quality of life either, assuming they have the proper hookups for electricity and waste. Hed have his own space and he wouldnt be dying from rent.He could buy a newish model 26-30 travel trailer for 15,000, which would give him a payment of 200month 10 year even at a high percentage. That would be my top end. He could always go cheapergrungiersmaller if he wants. I looked into this quite seriously a few years ago when I thought Id be living on a farm. Alas. 