Tiny house!?!? Breaking the rules in Silicon Valley
I love real estate investing, its awesome. However, in my personal life, I'm a minimalist. I really could invest more if I minimized my personal expenses.
My idea..... Buy a lot of land somewhere, preferably 30 mins no traffic (1 hour normal rush hour traffic) from silicon valley. Build a tiny house on it. Live in an RV temporarily. I was considering what my friends are doing, living in an RV, in the city, but I want land, so thats a step up, right?
If you don't know northern California / silicon valley.....well, you can make a TON of money working as an emgineer (me), but the economics are such that you don't keep your money. Cheapest 640 sq foot apartment I found is 2,500$, what I'm paying now. With some sacrifice, I can invest that money and retire early, or at least earlier.
For example...... The Santa Cruz mountains look beautiful, anywhere off of route 17. I already see some tiny houses there.
Am I nuts? If so, help me short circuit the norms and make my pockets bigger long term. I'm looking for a good trusty realtor that can find me some land in the greater San Jose area where I work. I need information and contacts in the area. I also would love to talk to any realtors (anywhere) that have helped someone do this before. Is this even feasible? Thats what I want to answer. Am I not asking key questions? I dunna. Seems viable to me.
I'm thinking about house hacking to free up cash flow too, but every strategy has its pros and cons, and thats just a backup in my eyes.
Any reccomendations? Know any realtors specilizing in land/lots in our around San Jose?