Where to start?

[Jim Springmeyer]

My wife and I are recently retired and are in process of looking for a place to relocate. We're thinking of buying land and installing either a mobile or a manufactured home. Areas include Calusa and Red Bluff California. Where can we go to get info such as:

Mobile vs manufactured
Manufacturers and contractors
Pictures and floor plans
Cost to transport/install

Thanks in advance for your help. Jim Springmeyer

[rmurray]

You have started the right way...Read through some of the posts on these boards..Look through other parts of this web site..There are some good books avaiable in the bookstore..

A couple of links that might help get you started..

Your federal tax dollars at work...A FTC booklet on buying manufactured homes..

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/hous ... nuhome.htm


Some more of your tax dollars...HUD consumer section..

http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/mhs/mhshome.cfm


An industry prospective...Lots of info..

http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/consumer_center/


Consumer reports info

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


Lot to read...but good starts for anyone..Good Luck..stop back often with your questions..