Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

I've been living in a 771-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath mobile home (that doesn't move) in Los Angeles for nearly five years. I purchased it for $140,000 at the end of 2020 and rent the space in ...