The Rv Entrepreneur With Heath Padgett

Rene Agredano shares her tips for living and working together in an RV with your spouse or partner. Rene has been full-time RVing with her husband for 16+ years. During that time, the couple has grown a popular online niche community, while supporting clients, and publishing several books together. Discover how to best manage a relationship while maintaining a nomadic business. And, hear helpful tips on topics ranging from workamping, writing, building community, and budgeting with a short dive into the deep end of Artificial Intelligence and the impact of tools like Chat GPT on writers and editors. RESOURCES MENTIONED: RVE Episode #298 with Hosts Joshua and Jim https://therventrepreneur.com/rve298/ Workamper News: https://workamper.com Workampers FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping Tripawds Amputee Pet Support Community: https://tripawds.com XScapers - Powered by Escapees RV Club https://xscapers.com/ Medium - Platform & Resources for Writing https://medium.com/ Cal Newport AI ep

Do you ever feel like you should be doing something more for your business? You should be doing reels. You should be doing lives. You should be doing [fill in the blank].  Or perhaps you always felt the weight of the shoulds in your life. You should get a house. You should get a college degree. You should [fill in the blank]. On today’s episode, you'll hear from Jessica Eley about what’s buried beneath those shoulds and how to navigate your way to true success. Sure, we talked about money, but more importantly, we talked about how to know what’s enough in your business, so you can get off the hamster wheel of all the shoulding, and into a systematized pattern that feels really good while fueling your growth.  Find Jessica Eley at her website: JessicaEley.com Follow Jessica Eley on Instagram: @iamjesseley  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE RV ENTREPRENEUR https://therventrepreneur.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the RVE community on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/therventrepreneurcommunity  Connect with

Today we have the pleasure of talking with a NEW HOST for the RVE Podcast: Jim Nelson!
 Jim Nelson and his wife Rene Agredano have been full-time RVing and working from their fifth wheel home office since hitting the road in early 2007 with their dog Jerry after he lost a leg to cancer. They planned and budgeted for a year off, giving their Chief Fun Officer the road trip of a lifetime. Sharing their own adventures at LiveWorkDream.com, Jerry started creating a following of his own at Tripawds.com. Jerry then loved life on three legs for two years. They soon discovered workamping to help support their nomadic lifestyle. And since then they have grown Tripawds into a full-time labor of love. And their Tripawds Foundation now hosts largest support community for amputee pets and their people. Jim and Rene tell the whole story of why they hit the road and how they grew the Tripawds niche community in their book, Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now. They share more helpful tips for working from the road for

Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kyle & Jenn Bethune. Jenn & Kyle are full-time BusLifers and Content Creators. They have been fulltime for 3.5 years in their vintage bus with three kids and four dogs! Connect with Kyle & Jenn:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yourhypecouple
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourhypecouple
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourhypecouple Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@red.white.and.bethune
Website: https://www.redwhiteandbethune.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Micah Staley is one of five co-founders of Brinkley RV, and an avid camper himself! Micah is the father to two twin boys, and a husband to an amazing wife of 18 years. He has been in the RV industry since he was 23, and believes in the ability to change the world for families through camping experiences! Connect with Brinkley RV:
https://www.facebook.com/officialbrinkleyrv https://www.youtube.com/@BrinkleyRV https://www.instagram.com/brinkley_rv/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/brinkley-rv/ https://www.tiktok.com/@brinkleyrv https://twitter.com/BrinkleyRv https://www.pinterest.com/brinkleyrv/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Did you know that you can start your own successful RV rental business without owning a single RV? Yep, it's 100% doable! Today we'll be talking with Garr Russell from Fireside RV Rentals. Garr is a serial entrepreneur who entered the RV space in 2016 and quickly rose, to lead the industry in starting the nation's first RV rental management company, Fireside RV Rental, with locations all around the US. His company connects camper owners with families and vacationers, but they also offer a franchise opportunity for entrepreneurs, like yourself, to get into the RV rental world. In this episode we go over all the details including what RV rental management is, how to start your own RV rental management company, and how Garr turned his RV rental management company into a successful franchise! You don't need to be an RV expert and you don’t have to own an RV either. You just need start-up funding and the drive for business! Does this sound like you? Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard ⁠https://resety

What do you do when you notice a gap in the marketplace? If you’re Carol Carimi Acutt, you start a business. Carol Carimi Acutt is an Emmy-winning producer and the founder of Luxury in the Outdoors. She's passionate about exploring the outdoors in her vintage RV. Throughout her time camping around the country, Carol noticed how hard it was to find quality of camping goods. After looking without luck for quality, well-designed, luxury camping goods, she decided to fill that gap by starting her business. Today, she continues to work in both television production and as an entrepreneur while pursuing RV adventures with her family. Check out Carol’s shop, Luxury in the Outdoors: litoluxury.com Use the code KIMBERLY for 15% off anything in the store Follow Luxury in the Outdoors on Pinterest: Pinterest.com/luxuryintheoutdoors Follow Luxury in the Outdoors on Facebook: Facebook.com/luxuryintheoutdoors Follow Luxury in the Outdoors on Instagram: Instagram.com/luxuryintheoutdoors ~~~~~~~~ Be sure to JOIN the RV

Today we have the pleasure of talking with TJ Ammond of Campsite 360. TJ and his family are full-time RVers helping to reinvent how guests see, and book, their next RV campground. The future is here and with services like Campsite 360 you can take a 360 degree walking tour of a campground to determine which exact site you’d like to book. There are very cool things coming down the line for this technology and this conversation with TJ is very enlightening. Connect with TJ:
Website: https://www.Campsite360.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campsite_360 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/campsite-360 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Jessie Kim. Jessie is a certified 3rd-generation Feng Shui consultant and experienced real estate investor. She and her family have been traveling full-time since 2020, having explored most of the United States in their RV. Through her firm, Ms. Feng Shui, Jessie regularly provides in-person and virtual feng shui consultations and seminars. In addition to individual homeowners, she works with many large home builders on new residential development projects and hotel chains, including a recent display at the Conservatory at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Connect with Jessie here:

 Ms. Feng Shui: https://www.msfengshui.com
 Personal Accounts: https://www.seekyourepic.com or @SeekYourEpic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Are you interested in turning your niche blog into a money making machine?! Niche sites have significant earning potential, but to reach that point, you need to know how to successfully get one off the ground. Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Kristin Hanes, of The Wayward Home, from her sailboat in Mexico! Kristin is a former radio news journalist turned blogger, at The Wayward Home, who hopes to inspire and teach people how to live alternatively in an RV, campervan, sailboat or tiny home. She started her journey to tiny living in a Toyota Prius, and has since lived in a Chevy Astro minivan, a sailboat, and a DIY Sprinter van. She now splits her time between a Sprinter Van in the U.S. and a sailboat in Mexico. A true digital nomad! Kristin built her niche site from the ground up not knowing anything about online business, and five years later, averages 400,000 monthly pageviews, reaches 2.5 million people per year and brings in six figures of revenue from ads and affiliates alone! In this episode

Summer is right around the corner, and more sunshine means more temptation to get out of the RV and outside. In this episode, I (Kimberly Crossland) share with you five things to do NOW to stabilize your business for the summer, so you can lean into more time outdoors and seek adventure.  In the episode, I share a few links that you’ll want to check out. Watch my free masterclass on how you can build a business while you RV here: Roadpreneur.com/money-rve Join some of my favorite email lists mentioned on the episode here: Reese’s Book Club: https://sparklp.co/6efcd0c2/ The Home Edit: https://sparklp.co/75e4444c/  Be sure to JOIN the RVE community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/therventrepreneurcommunity CONNECT with RVE on your favorite socials: https://therventrepreneur.com/connect Have a QUESTION? We’d love to hear from you - send us a voicemail by clicking here: https://therventrepreneur.com/voicemail Want to be a GUEST on the show? Fill out this guest form: https://therventrepreneur.co

Today we have the pleasure of talking with Malcolm Salmon from RVezy. Malcolm is an entrepreneur who dove into the world of RVing coming out of University. He has helped develop and build an app that allows RV owners to connect with RV renters and families looking to get into RVing. Malcolm is passionate about sharing what we have built with others so they can enjoy everything about RVing! Website: www.rvezy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myrvezy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RVezy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In this episode we are joined by Tim Nightengale, owner and creator of Mute Sports Equipment and a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer. Tim and his wife Laura, are full time RVers who travel all over the country to gyms where they hold free jump rope clinics and promote their fitness equipment. Tim's Georgia based company manufactures high quality custom and heavy jump ropes, adapted split ropes, bar jump ropes for one arm athletes and many other accessories all made in the U.S. Because his company can be mobile, they can customize their jump ropes right on site! Tim's business started as a passion and a personal necessity for himself as an athlete, to a side hustle, getting his wife and daughter involved, and now to a full time business that supports him & his wife 100%. In this episode, we talk about the progression of how he made these custom jump ropes, what it takes to sell products out of his RV and tips for fellow RV Entrepreneurs. We also chat a little about some fitness tips while travelling on t

Have you ever noticed how some weeks you're feeling "in the zone" and other weeks, you're ready to pull way back and get reflective? That's not a fluke. It's common, and if you track it, you might just find that those ebbs and flows tend to follow the moon cycle to a certain degree. Today's guest, Beth Suter, certainly found that when she tracked her own energy while juggling a family and a business during Covid. What she discovered sent her on a mission to help other entrepreneurs find their own productivity patterns alongside the moon. In this episode, she shares what the varying moons mean for our energy levels when it comes to building a business from the RV. ___________________________________ About Beth Suter Beth Suter is a professional watercolor artist and teacher of the Moon Cycle. Beth has taught women from all over the globe, how they can plan alongside the rhythm of the Moon Cycle to grow their businesses, find alignment, and bring more daily joy into their lives. B

Today we have the pleasure of talking with Stephanie Puglisi - a three-peat guest on the RVE Podcast! Stephanie is the co-founder of The RV Atlas podcast and co-author of four books: RV Vacations, See You at the Campground, Where Should We Camp Next, and the forthcoming Where Should We Camp Next: National Parks. She's passionate about inspiring folks to have amazing camping, RVing, and road trip adventures, whether that means climbing to the top of mountains in national parks, sliding down waterslides at an RV resort, swinging in a hammock in the middle of no where, or all of the above. 
 Grab a copy of the book here: Where Should We Camp Next? National Parks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1728262593 

Connect with Stephanie:

Website: www.thervatlas.com
 Instagram: @thervatlas
 Facebook: The RV Atlas & The RV Atlas Group Previous Books: 
 https://www.amazon.com/See-You-Campground-Discovering-Connection/ 
 https://www.amazon.com/Where-Should-Camp-Next-Accommodations/ 
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Today I'm bringing you Jess Jorgensen, a full-time RVer and the founder of goRoam Tech. Her company helps solve the huge problem about getting reliable internet on the road, other than Starlink. They've put packages together that allows "at home" Internet speeds truly anywhere! It's not "cheap," but if your job depends on it, it's not out of reach either. I was surprised at how affordable it is! She also has some great tips for people with less connectivity needs.  Groomed into corporate IT from Telecom, Jess has helped large enterprises improve communication, security, and over-all quality of life for their staff through technology. She is now applying those skills to helping other RV'ers live a life of liberty by exploring while connected and truly working from anywhere! In this episode, we dive into her solution for Internet on the road, 5g and LTE connectivity and Starlink, so there's something to learn for everyone.  If you're going to work from the road, Internet connectivity is super importan

Anna Fagan is a full-time RVer who teaches piano from her Class A Motorhome. Tune into this episode to learn more about her setup, how she manages to teach her students online despite the unpredictable Internet, and how she finds new students. In this episode, we also talked about the importance of being kind through all the changes that entrepreneurship and the RV lifestyle throw our way and the importance of mentorship through the business-building journey. Connect with Anna Fagan! Website: www.faganpiano.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FaganPiano Instagram: Instagram.com/FaganPianoStudio Instagram: Instagram.com/RVPianoTeacher ~~~~~~~~ Looking for mentorship opportunities as you navigate your RV Entrepreneur lifestyle? Head here to learn how to enroll in Roadpreneur School or join the Roadpreneur Community (two mentorship programs for RV entrepreneurs endorsed by RV LIFE and The RV Entrepreneur): Masterclass.rvlife.com ~~~~~~~~ Be sure to JOIN the RVE community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/

Today we’re chatting with Bryanna Royal of Crazy Family Adventure about what it’s like to close a chapter of full time travel, move into a sticks and bricks home and how that affects running an adventure and RV based business.  Bryanna, her husband Craig, and their 4 kids sold their house, bought an RV and traveled around North America for 8+ years plus backpacked Europe for 3 months. They have recently settled back into a house and are adjusting to their new normal. They blog about their adventures, road trips, RVing, and top things to do at locations you visit at www.crazyfamilyadventure.com. Their goal is to inspire families to get out and travel more, explore new places and live life on your own terms! You can find them on: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube.  Connect with Bryanna: Website:https://www.crazyfamilyadventure.com/ 
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crazyfamilyadventure  
Instagram: https://instagram.com/crazyfamilyadventure/ 
 Pinterest: https://www.p

Can you work off grid from your RV indefinitely? Yes, you can!  In this episode we are joined by John Lehman, aka the "BoonDoctor". John's a full time off grid mobile RV technician specializing in solar, batteries and electrical. He designs and installs the very best solar solutions particularly for ATC Toy Hauler owners. We talk about why he went full time, how his business evolved from his own needs, his experiences from his many years of off grid living, what goes into an off grid RV system and how he brings worry free off grid RV power systems to his clients!  With 1,600 watts of solar panels and 3 Tesla Modules, John earned his nickname (the BoonDoctor) while helping fellow RVers diagnose their solar and electrical issues. He's very well known in the ATC world and he's been a full-time RVer and Boondocker for over 4 years. BoonDoctor John has created a business that supports his fulltime lifestyle through helping others unplug their RV's.  So, if you are considering starting a mobile RV te

It's easy, as RVers, to get trapped in the cycle of feeling always on — especially when it comes to social media content creation. We're constantly being told to create reels, shorts, or TikTok videos. It's exhausting unless you know what to create and have a clearer plan of action when creating it. In this episode, I, Kimberly Crossland, share 7 types of social media content you can cycle through and create, so you can get off that hamster wheel faster and get back to relaxing sooner.  This episode features a snippet of the training that's available inside the Roadpreneur School, a course designed for RV Entrepreneurs and endorsed by RV Life and The RV Entrepreneur. Right now, the Roadpreneur School is open for enrollment through February 24. Join here: https://rvlife--roadpreneur.thrivecart.com/roadpreneur-school/ Once inside, you'll learn how to simplify your business and grow from the road — even when you're off grid.  Stay in touch with Kimberly between her monthly episodes here: Website: Roadp