From Full-Time RVer to Mobile RV Tech: How Rob Verzera Built a Career on the Road

Some people spend years climbing the corporate ladder to their dream job. Rob Verzera stumbled into his at a campground in the middle of an RV emergency, while watching a mobile RV technician fix his RV and thinking: that guy has it figured out. A job that follows you wherever you travel, keeps you busy whenever you want to be, and leaves the other six months of the year entirely up to you. Turns out that job exists, and one conversation was all it took to set Rob on the path to it.

Rob is a mobile RV tech and the owner of Nomadic RV Solutions, and one of those people who seems genuinely built for the life he landed in.

An $800 Repair That Changed Everything

Rob and his wife became full time RVers in 2021. About a year and a half in, they had an electrical problem Rob couldn't fix himself, which, as he puts it, was a first. "I've always worked with my hands. I've always been able to fix everything. This was one thing on the RV I wasn't able to fix."

He called out a mobile tech, paid around $800, and while the guy worked, the two of them got to talking. "He told me he works six months out of the year and plays the other six. I was like, I'm totally down with that."

The timing was just right: Rob had recently gotten out of another business and was figuring out what came next, and that conversation was the spark he needed. He enrolled at the National RV Training Academy, and within about a year and a half he was certified, launched, and booked solid. Rob says, "My truck advertises for me wherever I go, and using RV Help gets me a lot of work."

What Rob Loves Most About His Job

Ask Rob what he enjoys most about the job and he'll tell you without hesitation: "It's helping people. I know that sounds kind of cliche, but when you have an issue with your rig and you're at a campground somewhere, it's stressful. And one of the great things is that I can help relieve that stress."

He's been on the other side of that stress himself, which he thinks matters. "There's nothing better than just being able to get back on the road without having to wait two, three, four weeks sometimes to get something fixed."

That impulse to help extends well past what he charges. He does a fair amount of work for free or close to it in retirement communities where residents are on fixed incomes. "I'll swap with them for pie, or for dinner, and it's totally cool. I don't mind bartering at all."

What's it Like Being a Mobile RV Tech?

Being an RV tech isn't glamorous, and Rob wouldn't pretend otherwise. His most common call is water leaks, at least once or twice a week, and he says lot of them are in brand new rigs, often only a few months old. (It's not uncommon for RV plumbing to work its way loose while the camper is being moved.) But Rob doesn't mind. "My grandfather was a plumber," he says. "I learned a lot from him and I love fixing leaks."

A lot of what Rob encounters comes down to RV owners rushing through setup and takedown. He's seen people pull out of campgrounds with slides still extended, sewer hoses still attached, and no apparent awareness that anything was wrong. "I stopped somebody the other day, they started leaving and their slide was out. I mean, it's a slide. How do you forget that?" The calls that follow those moments keep him busy too.

Then there are the ones that keep the job interesting: A water heater job where the owner had removed the anode rod, plugged the opening, and hot-wired the heating element directly, bypassing every safety system, until the tank eventually ate itself from the inside. An electrical mystery where plugging in one rig would kill power to the neighboring rig, with surge protectors on both sides showing no errors. (That one turned out to be a bad pedestal.)

For someone who's handy and doesn't mind the unpredictability that comes with full-time RV life, working as a mobile RV tech fits perfectly into a life already built around the road. "I absolutely love it," Rob says. "It's very cool and very, very satisfying." RV Help makes the business side of it easier too, connecting techs with RV owners wherever their travels take them and giving them software for scheduling and invoicing.

Find Rob on RV Help

Rob spends summers near Colorado Springs and winters in Mesa, Arizona. If you're in his area and need a reliable mobile RV tech, you can connect with him through his RV Help profile.