> In the end at least in my area of the country it's much less expensive to buy a modest home. There's another option of course, which is to buy a piece of lan

> In the end at least in my area of the country it's much less expensive to buy a modest home. There's another option of course, which is to buy a piece of land and put a trailer on it. Land's pretty cheap out in "real America." A lot of my buddies growing up lived in mobile homes but none of them lived in trailer parks. If you can afford to buy a lot (but not yet build your dream house) it could make financial sense to get a basic model and plop it there while you save up for the next few years. You might at least beat renting.