I thought I decided on a TT, Now studying Class C

I started by looking at TT's and then went to van campers. Finally felt we had found the right "feel" with a short class C. We didn't have a tow vehicle so that entered into our decision. We have been super happy with what we ended up with. I felt the TT's were pretty expensive for just the house and not the truck part. Truck plus TT would have cost more than our C.
32' might be the limit on size in your price range. The larger Class C's are on bigger frames called Super C's and pretty pricey.