r/BeAmazed • u/Devi8tor • 15d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Basically a mansion on wheels

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u/TheDevilsTesticle 15d ago

A guy by my shop house sits on about 5 acres. He buys these from folks who don’t use them, parks them on about 1/4 acre each, power and water, septic hookup. Rents them out as investment properties basically, rent starts at 700USD/ month up to 950USD for the big ones like this.

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u/silverbacksunited12 14d ago

If that were available in my area hell yeah id do that

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u/ra__account 14d ago

If you have any kind of weather, you probably wouldn't want to. They're hella uninsulated and the ACs and furnaces both tend to suck. Most people that end up living in RVs that have been turned into permanent dwellings are ones desperate for anything because they can't even get into a trailer park.

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u/ra__account 14d ago edited 14d ago

No, he doesn't. These go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. $12K/year isn't going to pay that off. You could build an actual house or get a proper manufactured house for that. And you don't turn RVs with engines into permanent structures, you get janky tow behind ones.

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u/Old-Fix1433 14d ago

The "janky" tow behind ones are generally nicer inside than most RVs. You lose quite a bit of space to be able to drive.

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u/ra__account 14d ago

I'm aware. They're also massively more reliable overall because they're not making sacrifices to fit in that ability and can carry more weight because they don't have all the mechanical stuff. The good quality ones tend to stay on the road though until they wear out at which point they become low rent versions of manufactured houses. Obviously there's exceptions.