Around 12 years ago or so, I found myself recently graduated and in a peaked housing market that I couldn't afford. My only real option to own something was to buy a lot in an RV resort and purchase a nice trailer to live in. Having high standards, I bought the absolute best I could with leather furniture, 3 TVs, washer/dryer, walk-in closet, and so on. However, I didn't own a tow vehicle that could pull the monstrous 5th wheel, so it served as a stationary home for several years while I saved up to purchase a house. I got a good return when I sold my RV lot and was happy I went that route.
You have been given a lot of good advise so far. My advise would be to purchase something large enough you can stand to live in while small enough that you can maintain and travel in by yourself. If I could go back in time, I would have bought a smaller rig that I could have traveled in and would have met my needs for camping once I moved into a house. The 5th wheel sat in my backyard, unused, for a year while I struggled to sell it.
