KMR
Adventurer
Lots of great advice, especially that from Joaquin.
In reality I am almost positive that this could not work, it sure is fun to daydream about though.
We actually did buy a house recently, but it got pulled out from under us. We live in an odd real-estate area, property values are low, but stagnant and taxes are ridiculously high. No matter how we do the math, real-estate is a losing proposition. BEST case scenario it could be a barley break even situation with a whole lot of sweat invested to net us a house we do not really like in an area we like even less.
The simple fact of the matter is that we do not want to put down roots in this area and we are tired of wasting money on rent for a place that does not give us what we are looking for;
Privacy and a sense of connection with the outdoors.
A house here would most likely not net us those things either and the taxes alone would be almost as much as our current rent.
A mobile home could have all the space we need, an awning for a porch and the investment could stay with us so that getting that monetary return does not need to be the paramount concern.
It is a nice thought exercise to to think of this and say "why not?" this could end up being one of those things that fall into the "we should have done that when we were your age" Unfortunately in our society so much value is placed on land ownership and wasting resources that a proposal like this is actually illegal unless you can find ways around the legal issues of living in a non permanent structure.
And then lets not forget that the environmental impact of using one of these luxury vehicles as a primary residence could actually be considerably less than that of a typical home.
It is fun to be different.
In reality I am almost positive that this could not work, it sure is fun to daydream about though.
We actually did buy a house recently, but it got pulled out from under us. We live in an odd real-estate area, property values are low, but stagnant and taxes are ridiculously high. No matter how we do the math, real-estate is a losing proposition. BEST case scenario it could be a barley break even situation with a whole lot of sweat invested to net us a house we do not really like in an area we like even less.
The simple fact of the matter is that we do not want to put down roots in this area and we are tired of wasting money on rent for a place that does not give us what we are looking for;
Privacy and a sense of connection with the outdoors.
A house here would most likely not net us those things either and the taxes alone would be almost as much as our current rent.
A mobile home could have all the space we need, an awning for a porch and the investment could stay with us so that getting that monetary return does not need to be the paramount concern.
It is a nice thought exercise to to think of this and say "why not?" this could end up being one of those things that fall into the "we should have done that when we were your age" Unfortunately in our society so much value is placed on land ownership and wasting resources that a proposal like this is actually illegal unless you can find ways around the legal issues of living in a non permanent structure.
And then lets not forget that the environmental impact of using one of these luxury vehicles as a primary residence could actually be considerably less than that of a typical home.
It is fun to be different.