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P: 6/13/2008 3:49:02 PM
Peepa Cut Rock Total Posts: 239 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 2/21/2007	What is there to look for? I've been hearing it's a bad investment but seems like it's better than renting? Any of you live in one? Pros/cons Any advice, info will be helpful.
Posted: 6/13/2008 3:49:02 PM

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P: 6/13/2008 4:13:52 PM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,478 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	Which one are you considering? There is a big difference between a mobile home and a manufactured home...
Posted: 6/13/2008 4:13:52 PM

P: 6/13/2008 5:03:59 PM
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,245 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005	I for one have seen some INCREDIBLE manufactured homes that are equally as beautiful as a contractor built home. You can put them on a solid foundation with a crawl space and they are just as nice. No, the resale isn't as good. My girlfriend and her husband live in one and until they told me it was a manufactured home, we didn't know. Theirs is built on their own land on a solid foundation with a crawl space. Its fabulous. Several I have seen have had garages built on them to match. We have looked at one that's 2500 sq ft. for a very long time. The kitchen alone is larger than our current living room/dining/kitchen area. Marble counters.. huge pantry, tons of light. Large bedrooms & bathrooms. The options are vast. Anyway.. if you go look at them, they will glady give you information on them. :)
Posted: 6/13/2008 5:03:59 PM

P: 6/13/2008 5:29:54 PM
mimzy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,812 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/17/2007	i don't think it's a bad thing as long as you don't have to pay a slot fee every month, because often times those are as much as rent from what i've heard.....which makes it a pretty crappy investment as the resale isn't good. but i've also seen some BEAUTIFUL manufactured homes that look just like contractor built homes. [it's good to be good to people you don't understand]
Posted: 6/13/2008 5:29:54 PM

P: 6/14/2008 12:12:08 PM
VRBeauty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,607 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2006	Garenweb.com, in the home forums, has a forum on manufactured homes that you might want to look at for starters. As Neatfreak said, there's a big difference between mobile homes and pre-manufactured homes. My parents live in a neighborhood where the homes, all built within the last 20 years, are a combination of stick-built (traditional construction) and manufactured homes. They live in a traditional home; their close friends (former neighbors in their old hood) had a manufactured home put on their lot. The manufactured home is absolutely beautiful, but maintenance turned out to be a huge problem because the materials and manufacturing techniques were so different than those used in a stick-built home. Their next house was not pre-manufactured. Having said that, there are a lot of people in that neighborhood who have been in their manufactured homes for a long time, so I have to assume that the problems aren't insurmountable. How exciting that you're thinking buying a house! It's a journey that involves a lot of research and learning, especially if it's your first home purchase. Good luck! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VRBeauty Thursday is the new Friday.
Posted: 6/14/2008 12:12:08 PM

P: 6/14/2008 3:42:20 PM
brazen_irish_hussy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,535 Last Post: 12/27/2008 Member Since: 6/13/2006	Don't do a mobile home, they are the only type of property that consistantly decreases in value and as such are a very poor investment. It has also been my experience that they have a lot of problems. I don't know much about prefab housing, so I will stay out, but in this economy which may continue for some time, you really should consider resale value. Unless you own the land, you usually have to pay a lot fee as well, which can cost as much as rent.
Posted: 6/14/2008 3:42:20 PM

P: 6/14/2008 8:31:01 PM
VRBeauty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,607 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2006	Major typo in my earlier posting! A great place to go for home-related discussion is gardenweb.com's all things home forum: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VRBeauty Thursday is the new Friday.
Posted: 6/14/2008 8:31:01 PM

P: 6/16/2008 9:47:14 AM
DivaDiamond007 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,208 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 6/7/2007	Date: 6/13/2008 5:03:59 PM Author: SanDiegoLady I for one have seen some INCREDIBLE manufactured homes that are equally as beautiful as a contractor built home. You can put them on a solid foundation with a crawl space and they are just as nice. No, the resale isn't as good. My girlfriend and her husband live in one and until they told me it was a manufactured home, we didn't know. Theirs is built on their own land on a solid foundation with a crawl space. Its fabulous. Several I have seen have had garages built on them to match. We have looked at one that's 2500 sq ft. for a very long time. The kitchen alone is larger than our current living room/dining/kitchen area. Marble counters.. huge pantry, tons of light. Large bedrooms & bathrooms. The options are vast. Anyway.. if you go look at them, they will glady give you information on them. :) I agree. Hubby and I have an acre of land being offered to us that we will probably build a manufactured home on. There are many options as far as floor plans, etc. and since we will own the land we won't have to pay lot rent. We won't do a mobile home because in our area they decrease in value very quickly and are nearly impossible to resell. Good luck! Jess
Posted: 6/16/2008 9:47:14 AM

P: 8/3/2008 8:23:27 PM
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,245 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005	Date: 6/16/2008 9:47:14 AM Author: DivaDiamond007 Date: 6/13/2008 5:03:59 PM Author: SanDiegoLady I for one have seen some INCREDIBLE manufactured homes that are equally as beautiful as a contractor built home. You can put them on a solid foundation with a crawl space and they are just as nice. No, the resale isn't as good. My girlfriend and her husband live in one and until they told me it was a manufactured home, we didn't know. Theirs is built on their own land on a solid foundation with a crawl space. Its fabulous. Several I have seen have had garages built on them to match. We have looked at one that's 2500 sq ft. for a very long time. The kitchen alone is larger than our current living room/dining/kitchen area. Marble counters.. huge pantry, tons of light. Large bedrooms &amp; bathrooms. The options are vast. Anyway.. if you go look at them, they will glady give you information on them. :) I agree. Hubby and I have an acre of land being offered to us that we will probably build a manufactured home on. There are many options as far as floor plans, etc. and since we will own the land we won't have to pay lot rent. We won't do a mobile home because in our area they decrease in value very quickly and are nearly impossible to resell. Good luck! Jess And, if you aren't planning to move and live in a high mortgage area.. its better than simply renting, I think..
Posted: 8/3/2008 8:23:27 PM

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