The Manufactured Housing Forums

Update: I did loan the money (around $100,000) to my friend. The home was successfully delivered and attached to the foundation, and within 2 business days money was wired back into my account from his construction loan. His contractor is working on getting power and water hooked up. Palm Harbor sti...

Thanks everyone for all of the helpful advice. Actually my friend has lined up his own contractor to set up the MH, who he will pay directly. In this case, the dealer is nothing more than a middle man - my friend tried to deal directly with Palm Harbor but they said they can only sell through a deal...

Thanks for your help. My friend has a commitment from a mortgage company to finance the home, but they will not fund until the home is sitting on his lot. My friend is only asking me for a short term bridge loan for a few weeks, but I still have concerns of something going wrong along the way. The m...

I live in California and have a friend who has been working through LA County's permitting process for over a year to install a manufactured home on a parcel of land that he owns. He had previously selected a home through a local independent dealer for Palm Harbor Homes and put down a deposit with t...