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Thanks for the reply Dave. I understand what you are saying about the poor business practice. But on the other hand It was a fair question on the part of the bank. all they asked for was the retail price, not the margin of profit. When you say The retail price could have been discusessed in private ...

I will try to recall the events discribed here to the best of my knowledge and if errors are made I will try to error only on the side of caution. This past summer-fall, 2012 my wife and I who are both fully retired decided to spend a day going around the local area to view double wide manufatured h...

I'm in upstate new york and have made about 4 calls to ads on the web. None of them came in below 7.5.. I contacted a local credit union and they will do 7 percent for 20 years. this is for a bramd new built home with land lease.

Good luck in your search.

Jerry

Does anyone know if larger double wide homes are any more susepyable to leveling problem than smaller double wides? Ex28x70 vs 28x56..

I am only guessing as I am a first time mh buyer this comming spring But I would think you could put anything into amh that you would put into a regular house. Besides, It would help as an anchor peice in a hurricane. Haa The word Mobile apply to the homes ability to be uprooted from one location an...

We plan on buying our first mobil home next year . And I just came across a peice of scary information. It was about rent control or the lack there of in mobil home parks. does anyone know anything about rent control? And how can I find out if a certain park does or does not have it? Thanks Jerry

Hi Dave.

Iv'e notice some manu-homes with gutter and down spoits. Do you think they would be worth the optional cost for helping to control overall moisture problems.

thanks.

Jerry

Thank.s for your input Dave. We won't be ordering the home till Feb. Hopefully move in during April. Right now Im gathering info. Mostly from this very informative website.

Thank you very much.

Jerry

A freind of mine said that if a manufactured home is placew in an area where it rains quite a bit, that the home should have a moisture barrier on the ground beneath the home in additon to the one attached the the home under neath. He went on to say that with out the ground barrier, if it rains, som...

I'll have ro claim "Newcommer's entitlment" ))

Jerry.K