I've done remodeling most of my life and altho I suppose you can find a decent mobile home, I would rather get one from the 50's then one from the 80's as it will be built better, but it's most likely going to cost you more to redo a mobile home in to a decent house then it would cost to build from scratch.
If you really want to get to your chunk of land quickly then buying a mobile home and living in it for a year or two while you build a house next door to it might be the way to go, but from the work I've seen done on mobile homes, there is so much partical board in them that it's like trying to repair a card board box that has been left out in the rain, the best thing you can often do is not mess with it or it will start to crumble in your hands.
After all, what part are you hoping to save from the original structure that is going to save you money?
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