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Interesting. My girlfriend and I were talking about a similar scenario where what if you bought an RV and lived out of it, with no traditional house.
Coincidentally I just read something about that the other day. It depends on the situation on how the RV is being used, the RV itself, and where it is. If it's tied to a mortgage the IRS considers it a home and you can deduct the interest if it has cooking, sleeping, and bathroom areas(IIRC IRS 936). I believe if it's in a park or on property hooked up to water and power supplies it's considered a home, it may not have to be hooked up but why take the chance. In a parking lot/rest stop/street the police consider it an automobile and can perform a warrant-less search just like a car if they have probable cause. There's a lot of grey area with RVs, definitely a case for due diligence especially if you're going to park it somewhere and have a few adult beverages.
Edit: Old references so thing may have changed.
http://www.marxrv.com/skp/4thamendment.htm
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1660861-is-an-rv-considered-a-second-home
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Tax-Law-Questions-932/RV-vacation-home.htm
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