In 1955, my grandparents bought a brand new 15' travel trailer. My mother remembers traveling around the West in it. It's just about as cute as it can be: very original, birch paneling, and all the features of the day. It was stored for a number of years, and when I moved back to the area in 2007, my then-living grandmother signed the title over to me. No one else in my family wanted it. After I got it, it was towed by a relative's pickup truck to a nearby lake each summer for a couple of months for a family compound campsite. We haven't done that for a while, it's been parked for years on a concrete pad behind my house.
It's cute to look at! It's been the site for tea parties by my youngest DD; countless sleepovers; a place for me to have a quiet nap on a Saturday away from all the children; and most recently, a quarantine hut for my visiting eldest DD and her housemate during COVID when they came to visit. My son has practiced his guitar there without interruption.
Some time ago, I joined a FB group featuring this brand of trailer. It's apparently from a limited edition series, something along those lines. A member there, who is about 100 miles away, is very interested in purchasing the traile and has offered $6500 for it, based on pictures I have sent her. It's in good condition, save for a small leak in the left rear quadrant, which she is aware of and undeterred by.
$6500 is a lot of money right now. I have not drawn a salary from my business for over 6 months and while I do have other household income via Social Security and rents, my overall income and cash flow has not been great. I've been preserving other assets while tapping our EF hard.
If I sold this trailer, it would be better cared for. But it would leave our family forever. But I would have $6500 to shore up expenses for months. It's a conundrum.
A quick look on local Craigslist shows a few other trailers in the same size range for $800 to $1200. OK condition, would servee the same privacy/guest needs just the same.
Any thoughts from you wise people? What would you do?