Double-Wide Mobile Home Renovation Ideas
Renovating a mobile home is a good way to customize the space that you live in. Mobile home renovations require some careful planning on the part of a homeowner or renovator. Even though most mobile homes don’t require support beam maneuvering, they do require some careful thought. The first thing to think about is the kind of renovation that you want to pursue. There are lots of ways to create an Read more
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Buying a Double-Wide Mobile Home?
Buying Mobile Homes – Watch For These Problems
You might consider buying mobile homes as cheap housing for yourself, or as a rental property. Both can make sense, but watch out for these problems.
Why are so many people buying mobile homes? Affordability is the primary reason. Buying a mobile for a first home, a retirement home, or even as a rental property investment – they Read more
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Free Mobile Home Value?
Free Mobile Home Value?
Does anyone know where I can find a free mobile home value, appraisal, blue book value, I just need approximate values
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Mobile Home Prices – How to Find Blue Book Value of Mobile Homes
The blue book value of a mobile home is exactly what it sounds like — a numerical value found in a book. In the past, there were multiple books. Today, there is only one book that contains the blue book value of mobile homes. It is called the N.A.D.A. Manufactured Housing Appraisal Guide. This guide is what the professionals use to determine the value of a mobile or manufactured home. The blue book Read more
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Used Double-Wide Mobile Home- Top 10 Things You Must Look For
Used Mobile Home- Top 10 Things You Must Look For When Buying A Used Mobile Home
Buying used mobile homes is a good idea for a budding family whose budget is not enough to sustain the rent of an apartment or buy a new house. You can search through the internet and will find various sources selling used mobile homes. The fact that almost nine million Americans are now living in mobile homes Read more
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How Much Is A Mobile Home Price?
Reader’s Question:
I am currently planning to sell my mobile home. Can you enlighten me how mobile home prices are determined?
Morgan
Pierre SD
There are a lot of factors to consider when determining the mobile home prices. It is naturally a complicated process but you may also be able to get through it altogether with a little research.
First of all, even though the mobile home market is quite different from the real estate market, buying and selling trends on real estate can also affect the prices of mobile homes. Once people are finding it cheap and convenient to buy traditional houses, mobile home prices will be lower in the hope to attract potential clients, if there are any of them available left. On the other hand, when prices in traditional homes rise, demand for mobile homes increases as people will opt to buy these mobile houses in order to save money. Once the demand is high enough, mobile home prices will increase.
In assessing the current price for your mobile home, do your research on what the latest mobile homes sold and bought are, their conditions as well as geographic locations or the nature of the locations. In this way, you may want to check out the prices of those mobile homes that are similar to yours as well as those that are in similar situations or locations as yours. This will give you a rough estimate as to the price you will tag on your mobile home.
When you want an accurate valuation of a mobile home, especially yours when you want to sell it, you can avail the services of a professional appraiser to do the comprehensive and complicated task of determining the real value against a variety of criteria. Professionals are guided with a blue book value for mobile homes that will provide them the necessary numerical values to help them accurately determine the value of a mobile home. However, getting the services of an appraiser can be costly. To save on costs, some people will just opt out to purchase updated reports on mobile home values or order an appraisal report of your mobile home from online.
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Need To Purchase a Double Wide Mobile Home?
Reader’s Question:
We’re both retired couples, and my kids have their own families. We are planning to sell our house . We will use the sales proceeds to purchase a double wide mobile home, and the rest will go to our retirement fund. We thought that it is practical this way since our current house is quite big, and it is hard and costly to maintain it. Are there insurance available for mobile homes?
Elisa
Montgomery AL
Before answering your question, Deb, I want to ask if you have think over about this a lot of times? I believe switching from traditional house to a double wide mobile home is a big change. But on another thought, I agree that it is practical to sell your house and get a mobile home. With just the two of you, it can really be a cumbersome to clean a big house, plus its maintenance can take a big cut of your retirement funds.
There are insurance available for double wide mobile home. Some would say that its insurance is more expensive than the traditional houses because it depreciates. But if you know how to shop for good mobile home insurance, you can find affordable rates. You can take advantage of the Internet in finding a good rate insurance. You can find insurance related websites that can give you free quotes from various insurers. This way you can compare prices of different providers, and see which can offer you the best deal.
But before you go and sell your property to purchase a double wide mobile home, following are some suggestions which can help you in your decision:
- Try renting a mobile home first, and see if you like it. See if you can adjust comfortably to a change in lifestyle. Insurance is still available for mobile home renters. It is good to get an insurance so as you do not need to deal with repairs to damages, and also to protect your properties.
- You can also look into having your current house rented out instead of selling it. Then use the income you have from the rent to rent a mobile home. This way you can do away with its maintenance cost. But you still have the option to go back to your old house.
- If you plan to rent your house, you can also look into the option of rent-to-own mobile homes.
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Tips On Buying a Double Wide Mobile Home
Reader’s Question:
I am tired of renting so my husband and I are looking for budget friendly house property. We are looking into double wide mobile home sales listing. Is this a good alternative to expensive traditional houses?
Carmen
Atlanta GA
Definitely it is. With the advances in technology, there are a lot of changes and modifications to double wide mobile home sales also nowadays. Mobile homes, aesthetic wise, are comparable to the traditional stick built houses. Of course, there is always the issue of fast depreciation with mobile homes, but traditional houses also depreciates. So in any way you look at it, mobile or not, you always face the problem of depreciating property value.
But then you can always find ways to avoid or lessen the problem of depreciation. First, shop around for double wide mobile home sales. Buy from manufacturers that are known for its high-quality mobile homes. This way you can be assured that you have a dependable mobile home, not only for its property value, but also for safety.
Before closing a double wide mobile home sales, check also with the manufacturer or dealer if they provide warranty to their products. It is best that you get from a manufacturer who can offer warranty so you will not have problem if there are early signs of damages to the property. Or, they will offer property insurance for a certain time to their mobile homes. This way you no longer have to worry about cost of repairs.
Ask the makers how long or how many years their mobile home will last. Let them be honest with you. This way, you can plan ahead on what to do when that time comes. If they will say five years is the product life. Then, you can now plan to save for five years so you can get a traditional house. Or, you can sell it before five years.
Do not believe in other people saying that it is difficult to get buyers for a second-hand mobile homes. There are a lot of people who wants to save in housing that they go for used mobile homes. There are people like you who turn to mobile homes temporarily while they plan and save for the stick built houses. There are also people who are in the business of buying mobile homes, and renting them out. So do not worry about not being able to dispose your mobile home property.
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Mobile Homes – To Buy Or to Rent RV Motor Home
Mobile Home – To Buy Or to Rent RV Motor Home
You want to go Rv-ing and now have to decide whether to buy or to rent an RV motor home. Let me help you make that important decision.
If you have never vacationed this way before it would be wise to rent a mobile home for your first few trips.
Consider taking a long weekend trip for your first run to see if you enjoy traveling this way. Take a few Read more
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Double- Wide Mobile Home Insurance Information
Houston mobile home insurance is available from several companies. This article has some tips to help you get the best policy for your needs.
The least expensive policies will often have the least amount of coverage so it is best to compare both price and features. Most mobile home insurance policies will cover the main perils which include fire, windstorm, hail, explosion, vandalism, and collision Read more
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Double-Wide Mobile Home Skirting
Double Wide Mobile Home Skirting
Mobile Homes is an interesting concept. Several reasons can be cited to prove the need of mobile home skirting. This is of three types – vinyl, rock and brick.
Mobile homes
Homes are constructed in factories rather than on the site. Then, these are transported by tractor-trailers over public highways to the site. Such homes are called ‘mobile homes’. Such homes are frequently Read more
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How to – Blowing Insulation Into a Mobile Home
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Cheap Double-Wide Mobile Home Insurance
Reader’s Question:
How can I get a cheap mobile home insurance?
Charles
Salt Lake City UT
The Internet is the best place for you to go if you are hoping to bag cheap mobile home insurance. By the now you may have realized the importance of having mobile home insurance. It is critical that you have protection against different hazards such as fire and storms that may damage your home. With a mobile home insurance policy, you would be able to protect your home against these unforeseen events.
Going back, you should browse the Internet if you want to get a really cheap mobile home insurance policy. You need to get multiple mobile home insurance quotes first from various home insurance websites. To do so, all you have to do is to go to a search engine, use the keywords ‘affordable mobile home insurance’ and visit the websites flashed afterwards. Now you need to enter some of your basic information such as personal information, home information, mortgage information, and desired coverage. You can accomplish these within minutes, and after submitting your answers the website can give you the home insurance quote you want.
Don’t settle for just one website, try to visit as many as possible and get quotes from them. Now after you get a good number of mobile home insurance quotes, compare them not just in terms of premiums but also coverage. You may be settling for a low priced premium but you may not be protecting your home from more serious and more likely damages.
After you have decided which insurance company offers the most competitive premium and policy for you, then contact the firm and ask more about the coverage you desire. Remember the more time you allot for shopping around, the better chance you have of getting cheap mobile home insurance. Take note too of the company’s reputation because you don’t want to end up with a bad one.
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Cheap Double – Wide Mobile Home Land Loans
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What does it take to own a mobile home?
What does it take to own a mobile home?
Someone is giving us a mobile home. Are there any bills that may be left with us that they haven't paid?. Rent is not a problem because I called the trailer ct owner already. What papers need to be done before I officially own the home?
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Do you have a mobile home to donate?
Do you have a mobile home to donate?
I am a senior (70) non-smoker, non-drinker unable to get on section 8 or senior housing. I have worked hard all my life but I have never had the finances to buy a mobile home, much less a house. I will acept one anywhere in California, preferable in a senior park already. Thanks.
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How to find a mobile home+lot in Spokane,WA?
How to find a mobile home+lot in Spokane,WA?
Tried Craigslist, tried some classifieds, got word of mouth going around.
What other resources could I use? I can't afford anything an agent might have so I'm looking to try and find something “for sale by owner.”
Any help in areas that I could look would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
policetac@yahoo.com
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Does a modular home decrease in value like a mobile home or does it increase in value like a stick built home?
Does a modular home decrease in value like a mobile home or does it increase in value like a stick built home?
the modular home retailer says one thing and the mobil home retailer says something else and the regular contractor says something completely different. i need to know who's closest to thr truth. i live in northern florida
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Painting on interior mobile home paneling?
Painting on interior mobile home paneling?
Does anybody know if Behr's texture paint will work on interior wall paneling in an older mobile home. The wall is a weird incised/embossed pattern, and I know regular paint won't work on it. Do I need to primer or prep the surface in any way?
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Attaching a mobile home to owned property – any advantages/disadvantages?
Attaching a mobile home to owned property – any advantages/disadvantages?
I know someone who owns a double or triple-wide mobile home and the property it's sitting on. She also purchased an adjacent lot. I'm not familiar with all the terminology involved, but I'm trying to find out if there are any advantages/disadvantages to making a property “permanent” Read more
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What is the difference between a modular, manufactored or mobile home?
What is the difference between a modular, manufactored or mobile home?
In the mortgage world, when asked if you are planning to purchase a “modular, manufactored or mobile home or trailer. What is the difference between them? I always thought they were one and the same.
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Walking away from a mobile home….?
Walking away from a mobile home….?
a friend of mine owns a mobile home in Florida, that need's alot of work,.He is on ss. and has an opputunity to get into a funded apartment through the government. Problem is he can't sell the mobile home, there is no mortagage on it, but it is to much for him to keep it up, can he walk away? the park will not buy it. any Read more
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Can particle board flooring in a mobile home go from swollen back to almost normal?
Can particle board flooring in a mobile home go from swollen back to almost normal?
My father lives in a 1998 mobile home. His air conditioner drain pipe clogged up and water was leaking under the vinyl flooring for quite a while before I noticed the floor was swollen up. His unit has been replaced so there hopefully will be no more leaking water. Now that the particle Read more
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I need to sell my double-wide mobile home fast, i need some help with questions!?
I need to sell my mobile home fast, i need some help with questions!?
we still owe $17,000 on it but willing to take $15,000 and pay the rest off ourselves, we just bought this mobile home in march and the park wants us to walk away and give it to them, we reallllly dont want to do that because we will still owe the $17000 on it. Im young, 18 years old, have NO idea what Read more
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