Tech Exec Leaves California to Work Remote From $25K Used Van: Photos
- Erica Horn bought a used Mercedes Sprinter for $25,000 and added a kitchen, bathroom, and two beds.
- Horn works has worked remotely from beautiful locations in Arizona, California, and Utah.
- Horn has no plans to return to the “vicious cycle” of renting in San Francisco.
- See more stories on Insider’s business page.
A 33-year-old tech worker who ditched sky-high San Francisco rents for a life living and working from her second-hand van told Insider that she has only just started her cross-country adventure.
Erica Horn, an account manager for Mapbox, a platform that helps developers build maps, decided to kit out a used two-year-old $25,000 Mercedes Sprinter during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring.
In July 2020, Horn took out a private loan to buy the van, which had clocked up 100,000 miles, from a local