Top 25 MH Rated Builders

[Lee]

http://www.buyersguidetomh.com/top_25.html

Take a look at this before you buy and also this:

http://www.consumersunion.org/other/mh/brochure.htm

[rmurray]

The buyers guide is nothing more than a list of the largest 25 builders in the US..listed by dollar volumn...It is out dated I might point out..more than 1 of these are out of business..

[Richard]

Order the buyers guide from this sight by Randy Eaton. Read it twice. Get the upgrades.

[Lee]

Seems this site is just trying to get money from people. You don't need to buy someones book on Manufactured Homes to find out it is not as good an investment as a cheaper house.

A house will always be a better investment. MH's are made cheap compared to any house. There is no MH that can compare to the quality, strength, endurance, and appreciation of value of a house.

Don't waste money buying anyones book. You can get all the information you want about an MH just by looking around the web and using local resources.

And a book cannot guarantee the delaer you are using is going to do a good job of placing your MH on its site.

If you shop around you can find a nice home that costs about what a MH does. It may be smaller than what you want, but it beats living in a MH. And don't forget to include the cost of the land into the total price of the MH. The you have the same sewer/septic tank system and water hookup etc to be done.

Too many people get awed looking at how nice the MH looks inside, but you really won't understand how you were taken until it starts having problems.

[jgn]

Lee:
I fail to see your point in posting anything on this site or even going here. I liked your site to the top 25 MH builders and appreciate your posting it than you come back and slam the product you posted, what is your point in posting that.
There are thousands of MH's that familys have few problems with and consider them a very good investment, there are thousands of site built homes that are falling apart so to generalize and say MH are poor quality is not true. I have bothe a brick site built home and a DW and have to maintain both of them because both require it. The fact is if you have $200k to spend get a nice 2000sf site built home or spend half that and get a MH but be carefull buying either one and do you homework.

[rmurray]

WHAT....I thought you were promoting a competing author to Randy Eaton..who sponsors this board by the way...

Yes this site is a commercial site...To stay in business like any business..it must sell products....How did you get the idea otherwise??/...

I am like jgn....why even stop by here if you really feel this way...My only guess is that you are a builder who is losing business to manufactured homes...

You spurt all this stuff..somehow..cheaper, smaller, older stick builts are better...Really point us to the research...

The Consumer Union articles you mentioned are a great FAIR resource for consumers...Unfortunately they are also a commercial concern and one has to pay a membership fee to access the articles concerning stick homes..builders..contractors and the pitfalls of using them...

[Christy]

I for one appreciate the links. I found this one http://www.consumersunion.org/other/mh/brochure.htm VERY interesting as a buyer. Don't bash someone for their opinion, its not very appealing. If you don't agree, move on. Thank you, Christy