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$3,000 for this hunk of rotten shit?!

https://medford.craigslist.org/rvs/d/tal...08983.html












1978 Terry Taurus

condition: good
fuel: other
size / dimensions: 20ft x 8ft
title status: clean
transmission: other

1978 Terry Taurus trailer 20ft.

Everything works! with its quirks.
It's old, its unique and can camp off grid.
My wife and I lived in this diamond in the rough for 3 years, mostly in the wilderness. We made it our cozy cabin. It has served us very well and could do the same to the next owner.
Propane appliances work (fridge, stove, oven and furnace).
Water pump and water heater new last year.
40 gal fresh water tank under bed.
Grey and black tanks under trailer frame.
LED lights inside for 12vdc and 120vac.
Working shower, toilet and faucets. Rigid foam insulation under framing for winter use.
Has metal roof with silicone on seams. (It will leak under heavy rain, we always kept it tarped or covered).
This would be perfect for a hunting rig or man cave or retro or to your own liking.
Housing prices are shit so here is a home for cheap.

$3000 OBO

I love that last line. He seems to think the current housing market and crisis make gouging appropriate and necessary, which, ironically is exactly what happened with the rental market here in the Valley.

 I'm kind of on the fence about the whole rent and gouging issue. Rent prices like anything else are market driven.

So if everyone else is getting 1250 for a 2 BR apt. And YOU had a 2 BR apt. available to rent.
Would you rent for less? Would you really lose money just to be a nice person?

It seems a little crazy to expect someone in business to ask less than they can get.
 Would you sell a car for less than Kelly blue books value? Or less than the going rate>

People need to charge what they need to. They shouldn't take a loss. But that's not what happened entirely. What happened was a huge increase that happened to existing properties that had been rentals for years. Like mine.  30 % rent increases overnight.  And not just isolated instances, but huge swaths of it, from top to bottom values.  So,yes, market driven, but not all from necessity.  If  you are buying a house in today's market with todays prices I see that it would take these prices to sustain it, but it happened overnight to existing properties across the board. Interestingly, the owner of my rental was informed apparently of my rent increase.  He didn't approve it even thought the management had already raised it. When he found out about it, he vetoed it and lowered it.  He knew it wasn't a fair price. It was still higher but not by 30% more like 15%.  That tells you something. There was no upkeep or or repairs done to my house for years except what was absolutely necessary. They were aware of many, many things wrong in the house and chose not to repair it. So, based on this experience and hearing nearly identical stories from so many others, it leads me to label it a kind of gouging.  I've  heard it said that the MJ market is behind a lot of the housing increases.  I don't know about that, but it all seemed to converge around the same time.