is this a long-term play or short term?   

This cycle has played out numerous times:Mobile Home Park Residents Lose HomesMidfield Mobile Home Park Residents Lose Court BattleLoss of Another Tempe Trailer Park Highlights Lack of Affordable HousingMobile Home Park Residents Face HomelessnessIn an effort to preserve our country’s affordable housing, it is our duty as community operators to keep Lot Rents in line with the market rate.

Lease options are another play, where you rent a place with the right to buy later, sometimes using part of your rent toward the price.

Then if you still 100K off, I would start dropping the price in a big way to get to an even playing field. 

The mega site in Richmond, as well as Mt Vernon, will really change the landscape in these areas as they did in E-town when the battery plant came in play. 

Here's how each option plays out:Option A: Convert Back to a Rental and Use a 1031 ExchangeIf you re-rent the home for at least one to two years, you can defer capital gains taxes through a 1031 exchange by reinvesting in another investment property.

so Kristi this begs the question in Fort Meyers were you had land guys in the 50s plat literally 500k thousand lots  ( lehigh Acres etc) where is the development plays or is it all commercial development plays.. 

I wonder if the disciplined, long-term play is better than having the cash now.

I hope the heck I've got more than a decade to go, but just have too many play things to do that are more important than buying another house.

These cities literally helped build up this country and our economy and I will never understand how much negativity they receive for fighting through adversity and playing the cards they're dealt!