<prompt> Human: My wife and I would love to get an acre on the edge of town for 50K and put a 66k little 900sq ft manufactured home on it, but my mom a real estate agent hates the idea and says it would make her so sad. Her reasoning is that manufactured homes dont appreciate like normal houses, but all the real houses that we can afford are nearly one hundred year old, moldy looking, and on small lots. What are your thoughts on the matter? P.S. lot size is important to us because we want to raise chickens, grow grapes, and garden our brains out.  <response>: You arent doing it to build a lot of equity. You are doing it to live the life you want to live. Maybe its a bad investment financially, but it can be a wonderful investment emotionally, physically, and to your standard of living.Not everything needs to make you money. 