I suspect it's due to the change in the housing market and economy.  

I suspect there's lots of inventory, particularly for new folks coming into the area that find the real estate prices are much better than where they came from.Do you have a type of house you like to target?

Don't split the work between multiple contractors if possible, finding one to do all or most of the work will keep prices down.Challenges were finding replacement pieces for certain items as manufactured homes were very different than stick built as well as going through state guidelines for affixing the house to the land

I think if you can nail that down you will be able to find a market easier.As a buy and hold investor some of the things that were important to me when deciding on a market were landlord tenant laws, price to rent ratio, housing demand, ability to build a team, large population 500K plus, multi-family availability and some other factors.take the process step by step and you will be fine. 

How many micro units will you have in that one house?

You do realize how you got the house right?

However, I see this as a vertical integration and bringing more capabilities in house to make more money instead of hiring an outsider firm. 

Quote from @Cari Sweet:  This sounds like a case for Fair Housing- Familial Status discrimination. 

The December 2024 report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) shows stable housing prices and balanced market conditions in the Austin metro as we reached year’s end.

Or paying off my debt, while I provide them with a nice house to live in instead of an apartment.