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Maybe sell the mobile home down the road and build a real house after such priorities like a proper shop are attended to?
No idea how a mobile retains value...
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Newer mobile homes aren't too bad. I lived in one for over 7 years. I still prefer a good stick built house.
Our mobile home had brick underpinning, a concrete front porch with roof, screened in back deck with roof and we had scissor trusses built to put a whole new roof structure over the house. Looking from the outside, you can't tell its a mobile home.
There are some other funny things about them, depending on where you live. In SC, they are registered and taxed as vehicles like a camper. Insurance was cheaper. That also kept the property value and taxes lower for the land itself, since it didn't have a "house" on it.
Our mobile home had brick underpinning, a concrete front porch with roof, screened in back deck with roof and we had scissor trusses built to put a whole new roof structure over the house. Looking from the outside, you can't tell its a mobile home.
There are some other funny things about them, depending on where you live. In SC, they are registered and taxed as vehicles like a camper. Insurance was cheaper. That also kept the property value and taxes lower for the land itself, since it didn't have a "house" on it.
Owned one for a few years. The newer ones are just as nice as a regular stick built house on a raised foundation.
In PA they are titled like a trailer, so you have to go to the DMV to transfer the title.
The one thing about them, is they do not appreciate in value or even retain their value over time. Buying a used one already on a lot, no problem. I wouldn't buy a new one unless I planned on living in it forever.
I know the older one I owned, build in '75, had some very interesting techniques used in it's construction. Was a giant PITA to remodel the living room because of the way it was framed. They build the walls and floors ect. and did the finishing work on the inside before attaching them together.
In PA they are titled like a trailer, so you have to go to the DMV to transfer the title.
The one thing about them, is they do not appreciate in value or even retain their value over time. Buying a used one already on a lot, no problem. I wouldn't buy a new one unless I planned on living in it forever.
I know the older one I owned, build in '75, had some very interesting techniques used in it's construction. Was a giant PITA to remodel the living room because of the way it was framed. They build the walls and floors ect. and did the finishing work on the inside before attaching them together.
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I'd live in a mobile home today before I considered an apartment. If you've been happy in a camper what's wrong with a mobile home? Everyone should build a house once to see how much aggravation they can tolerate, I hired most all the subs when I built my house, thinking they were grown men and professionals. Then they constantly butted heads and made more work for each other. More work for them = more expense for me.
2 acres and a 2 car garage,,,go for it. oh yeah, the double wide sweetens the deal. 
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This house is rough, but imagine having a 90'x26' garage!
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View 36 photos for 817 Tennessee St, Graham, TX 76450, a 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,650 Sq. Ft. single family home built in 1935 that was last sold on 01/08/2021.
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At that price, I would get it, and re-do one room at a time, and build a living quarters in the Garage. Air BNB the rest of the house to pay for itself.This house is rough, but imagine having a 90'x26' garage!
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Kinda a small lot, but freaking awesome none the less.
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That was sticker price on my last truck!This house is rough, but imagine having a 90'x26' garage!
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