For some reason, if I don't post some hairbrained idea on OT every now and then, I feel empty and sad.
So here is today's nutty idea. Tell me why it won't work...
A friend of a friend recently sold his house (yes, house) to buy a trailer home. Sounds bad. However, he paid peanuts for the trailer home, renovated the crap out of it (without concern for zoning or permits or inspections etc etc) and now his "trailer home" is nicer than my freaking house. From inside or outside, you'd never know it was a trailer. He essentially used the trailer as the basis for an inexpensive luxury home. He started out with a "double wide" (bought used, I think) and built additions and so now his trailer has more sq footage than my apartment (NOTE: I own a 2-family and I live in the tiny top floor apt).
So who is the fool here, him for living in a trailer or me for spending big $$$ to live in a tiny apartment in a "house"? He seems to have flown under the radar of the zoning board, building inspectors, etc etc.
So is this a bad idea? I see used 2 bedroom trailers going for less than $10k. I paid $225k for my house. Suddenly, I'm not feeling very smart.
