Mud-puppy
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I'm with ya Mud, I'm looking into my options of hittin the road in the mobile home. There's an endless change of scenery out there, plenty of fishin' holes, wet and dry. There's more to life than being a slave to the man.
Right Hawggie? I've been a homeowner off and on since 1980...It was the way we were taught by our Parents, and in their era, it worked for them...you buy the worst home in the best neighborhood, fix it up and that 'sweat equity' will pay off? Not necessarily! Too many variables!
A guy HAS to be able to do everything from landscaping to roofing let alone general maintenance, plumbing, electrics, what not...then theres the 'permits' required for any kind of improvements...If a big factory in town closes down and values plummet, a guy is left sitting with an immense millstone around their neck!
The damn woodpeckers dont care about GeoPolitical finances or know any better! They are constantly pounding holes in a guys chimney! Plus, that damn grass always needs a mowing! Then, here comes the property taxes to build a new firehall or school!
I guess we did gain some handy skills along the way though....but damn! A guy starts working the math and sees how upside down they were ...A guy just wises up and realizes they were a sucker, making $10, paying $3 off the top for taxes, another $7 for payments/expenses...
It just aint financially reasonable and is mathematically unsustainable when a rolling Gypsy can knock down more pure take home dollars doing a paint job or blacktopping a driveway?