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Old 07-04-2021, 12:58 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX via San Antonio, TX
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Is there a typo in there somewhere?
No typo. Those were the prices.
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Old 07-04-2021, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Belton, Tx
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No offense to the residents; but what ever gave you that idea???
No offense taken. Just an assumption since I'm not originally from central Texas and based on comments made on a couple of Jeremy Knight's YouTube videos.
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Old 07-04-2021, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX via San Antonio, TX
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No offense taken. Just an assumption since I'm not originally from central Texas and based on comments made on a couple of Jeremy Knight's YouTube videos.
Who the heck is Jeremy knight? I just googled him and see a few “AUSTIN REAL ESTATE IS AWESOME!!!!” Hype YouTube links.
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Old 07-04-2021, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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No typo. Those were the prices.
A manufactured home in Del Valle for over $700K ?
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Old 07-04-2021, 04:39 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX via San Antonio, TX
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A manufactured home in Del Valle for over $700K ?
I can’t find it now but I assume it was the land that was causing the ridiculous price.
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Old 07-04-2021, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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I can’t find it now but I assume it was the land that was causing the ridiculous price.
Cool.
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Old 07-04-2021, 09:47 PM
 
Location: Belton, Tx
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Who the heck is Jeremy knight? I just googled him and see a few “AUSTIN REAL ESTATE IS AWESOME!!!!” Hype YouTube links.
Yeah that's him. He's an Austin area realtorThere were a few people who commmmented on Del Valle and that's why I assumed it was something it wasn't. A lesson learned for me in the future not to be lazy and just Google.
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Old 07-05-2021, 03:43 AM
 
Location: 78745
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Mobile homes are a lot more solid and sturdy than they use to be. Houses are so expensive, I don't know why more people don't buy mobile homes. You can find a nice mobile home, 3 bedroom, 2 baths for less than $50,000 and a super nice one that looks like a house for less than $100,000. Finding a place to put a mobile home in the Austin metro is what's going to cost alot of money, along with the property taxes. I for one, would never be able to afford to live in Austin if I didn't live in a mobile home on land that is already paid for. I would still be working because I would not have been able to afford to retire when I did, at a relatively young age.
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Old 07-05-2021, 05:13 PM
 
Location: Belton, Tx
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Mobile homes are a lot more solid and sturdy than they use to be. Houses are so expensive, I don't know why more people don't buy mobile homes. You can find a nice mobile home, 3 bedroom, 2 baths for less than $50,000 and a super nice one that looks like a house for less than $100,000. Finding a place to put a mobile home in the Austin metro is what's going to cost alot of money, along with the property taxes. I for one, would never be able to afford to live in Austin if I didn't live in a mobile home on land that is already paid for. I would still be working because I would not have been able to afford to retire when I did, at a relatively young age.
Yeah some of those manufactured homes look and are built nice. I think Palm Harbor is one of the companies that sell in my area.
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Old 07-06-2021, 10:26 AM
 
Location: SW Austin & Wimberley
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The main problem with a mobile home is that it depreciates in value and also becomes functionally obsolete much faster than stick built homes.

An 80 year old framed home, even though it becomes dated and worn out, appreciates over time along with the land it sits on. Thus, the owner builds wealth over time.

There are no 80 year old mobile homes. And the land they sit on is generally minimally developed, though it too should increase in value over time. But most people rent a lot in a park. If one can purchase a lot in a park, that's great, but then there are shared costs of maintaining the integrity of the park through HOA fees, and it's still a big headwind to wealth building.

If I were to hypothetically take a job at the Tesla plant, I'd look for an acre or two in an unregulated county area that is in the path of future residential growth, and I'd live on it in a RV and save money to eventually build a real house. I would NOT buy a mobile home and put there.

Finally, DVISD is one of the worst performing schools in the state. This sort of thing is researched by the middle income families needed to lift a poor rural area up to the next tier. The middle/upper income family workers at Tesla will all go further, into Bastrop, or commute from Austin, or from some of the further south communities, like Buda, Kyle, or even San Marcos or Lockhart.
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