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Currently living in Ontario. Bought 50 acres of undeveloped land 6 years ago in New Brunswick, about 1000 miles from where I am now. Been working and saving to get ready to head that way not for retirement but for redirection and rejuvenation. Damned if I'm going to sit around here in a puny bachelor apartment waiting to die.

I needed something there to transition to while I work on developing my land. I looked into mobile home communities but the big drawback for me was that I wouldn't own the land but rather lease it. The least expensive I found was $250/mth. Now that's 3000/year and if I stay there 10 years that's 30,000 bucks ~poof gone~ with nothing to show for it.

Kept looking and found a mobile home out in the country on its own 1/2 acre of land. Went to look at it last weekend. The asking price was 36.9K, I was thinking of offering 35K but luckily didn't blurt out an offer....

It has a deck out back and large backyard which is very important to me at this time. My dog, Sam turned 15 last August and in the last few months has begun to decline. He has to wear pants and a pad because he can't hold his water so well anymore and he seems confused at times. It hasn't been easy on either one of us. I really want to get him down there and give him one more good spring/summer/fall before the end. I want him to have the deck and the yard so he can go outside, lay in and enjoy the sun and breeze, where he can drink as much water as he wants and pee whenever and wherever he wants.

When fall begins to give way to winter and if he is still alive I must do the right thing and let him go. I'll be able to bury him in a special spot on my 50 acres where I can go to remember him.

Anyway, the property looked good. Needs a little TLC but nothing that was a deal breaker and I was prepared to make my offer. Before I could the real estate guy says 'look I'll be straight with you, the owners want a quick sale and will take 27K for it'...almost 10K less than the listing price. Well, that certainly sweetened the deal for me and I went for it. We're in the process of dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's. I asked for a closing date of Mar 29, my birthday is the next day and I thought that would be a great present for me!

This is also on the property and will be included...

I'm thinking I can haul this to my 50 acres and it'll give me shelter while I work on developing the land.

I purchased an old 1970 mobile home on 1/3 of an acre back in 2006 for $16k. I immediately ripped the tin siding off and replaced all the trifold windows on the windy West side, the replaced with T111. When the wind blew you could watch the curtains move.
Now I am going through and completely remodeling it one room at a time and will have everything the way I want by the time I retire. Paid it off in just 4 years and no mortgage since.
Some folks around here buy these old units and put a pole barn roof over the top and then rebuild underneath.
It’s an inexpensive way to own your own property and save thousands in mortgage interest and it’s a lot of fun designing the remodeled rooms also.