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What nobody tells you about selling a manufactured home
Ten guides to the parts of the sale that actually decide whether it closes: who you are really talking to, what your home is legally, what the community gets a say in, and what your number is built from. Written to hold true wherever you are.
Moving Your HomeMoving the Home Versus Selling It In Place: The Break-Even Math
Relocating a manufactured home has a long cost list and several hard gates that stop the discussion before cost matters. For many older homes the move costs more than the home is worth once it arrives.
Money and PayoffsBack Lot Rent: What a Buyer Can and Cannot Take On
Owing the community does not usually stop a sale. It does come out of your money, and the ledger is almost always larger than sellers expect. Here is the honest arithmetic and what nobody can fix for you.
Inherited HomesSelling a Manufactured Home You Inherited
You cannot sell what you do not yet legally own, and while you sort that out the lot rent keeps running. Here is the order to do things in, and the holding costs that catch heirs off guard.
ValuationHow Manufactured Homes Get Valued When There Are No Comparable Sales
The comp-based method everybody uses for houses does not work on manufactured homes, because most of the sales are invisible. Here is what actually drives the number, and why two identical homes can be worth wildly different amounts.
Selling StrategyCash Offer, Owner Financing, or Listing: A Decision Framework
Three ways to sell a manufactured home, and they are not interchangeable. Here is the honest version, including the situations where you should ignore every cash buyer and list the home instead.
Parks and CommunitiesPark Approval: The Step Most Manufactured Home Sellers Do Not Know Exists
If your home sits on a rented lot, there are two approvals in your sale. You control one of them. Here is what the community decides, what it can require, and how to find out before you take an offer.
PaperworkWhat Documents You Need to Sell a Manufactured Home, Organized by Situation
There is no national checklist, because every state titles these homes differently. So here is the list organized by what your situation actually is, plus a reliable way to find your own state's titling authority.
The Sale ProcessSix Reasons Manufactured Home Sales Fall Through, and How to Catch Them Early
Almost every collapsed manufactured home deal fails for one of six reasons, and every one of them is discoverable in the first week. Here is how to find yours before a buyer's closing agent does.
Title and OwnershipChattel or Real Property: The Distinction That Changes Everything About Your Sale
Your manufactured home is legally either a titled piece of personal property or a part of the land it sits on. Which one it is decides your buyer pool, your paperwork, your taxes, and who can close the sale. Most owners do not know the answer.
Choosing a BuyerHow to Tell a Real Manufactured Home Buyer From a Lead Reseller
Two websites can look identical. One belongs to a company that will actually close on your home. The other sells your phone number. Here are the questions that separate them in about four minutes.
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