It's based on a few basic rules:1 - Never spend you seed money, but use it to infinity.2 - Never invest for linier returns...only compounded ones.3 - learn the difference between "your" cost and "total" cost.4 - If total cost = your cost,...you lose5 - Understand that the asset isn't the property...it's the cash in the property,6 - The property is just the temporary transportation for your assets.7 - Keep your assets moving.8 - Equity is dead cash. 

(I'm also in San Jose) You can do:Stick build - fully customized takes the longestPanelized prefab - where the framing, electric, and plumbing all happen in a warehouse and walls are laid flat and then transported.

We had a nice house, but no car, no money for transportation, no Money to go out (I did go to cheap day movies that were $0.99).  

Getting aroundwithin those areas during traffic is manageable, but getting to/from them during Rush Hour is a beast and our public transportation system isn't great, yet.

I'm a transportation manager for a scientific equipment company.

There is the added risk of transporting the module to the site.

Everything looks ripe for Austin to have it but the default mode of transportation in Texas is still the car and Austin seems to be isolated from other TX major cities.

The vast majority of people’s income goes to housing, transportation, and food.

There is no pride of ownership and there may be external obselesce or factors like narrow one way roads, factories nearby, lack of access to public transportation and food. 

In my experience they won’t have the desired impact if you enclose them.