It is always getting harder and more expensive, but I truly believe that almost anyone who is physically capable of holding down a job could probably pull this off.

We got extremely lucky and got our land for relatively cheap at the beginning of the sale from a subdivision of a bunch of forestry land.

But it is not uncommon to find it even cheaper if you can look around in some of these tiny towns in the middle of nowhere.

We were on the other side of the country so we couldn't really negotiate as we needed a place to land the trailer when we got here.

Other than that, we're basically dedicating most of my salary to doing improvements every payday as we can afford it. I do make quite a good salary but nothing extravagant.

It's much easier to not spend money when you have to drive 15 minutes to get a pop or some gas... So a lot of the total budget can go into improvements. And I am a pretty cheap bastard so a lot of it is cobbled together

But it will keep improving until eventually It feels like a real house. Or so I keep promising my wife... ;)