The 1985 Doc Brown lived in a house which was way smaller than the mansion which Doc has supposedly owned back in 1955. Maybe Marty knew that the mansion was burnt down and Doc who was once wealthy went broke. Although initially wealthy because of his inheritance, he spent his entire family fortune on his time travel project. More @Wikipedia
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