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In the late 1970s or early 1980s, I sold 3 double-wide mobile homes from my dealership in Orange County, California to a speculator and installed those units in the Paradise Cove Mobile Home Park [...]

This is the 100th article I have written in 2013 regarding my passion: manufactured homes. You might wonder, how could this be a passion? Well when you, meaning me, has spent almost a half [...]

“Manufactured housing industry, we’ve got a pricing problem!”  (I say “we” as I’m sorta in the industry).  No, our prices are not too high.  The problem is the pricing is inconsistent. [...]

Purchasing a new home is probably the biggest decision any of us will make in our lifetime. If you have finally made that momentous decision to become a manufactured home owner, then you are on [...]

The attainment of success as a salesperson is defined not only by financial rewards but also the satisfaction of knowing you have provided a worthwhile product and service to the purchaser.  The [...]

Today’s manufactured homes are available in floor plan sizes as small as 600 square feet and as much as 3000 plus square feet. The average size home purchased is approximately 1400 square foot, [...]

Virtually all of us are familiar with most common insurance coverages. What most of us have never heard of are specialty products which are unique to the building industry, which includes [...]

“Perception can be deceiving.”  You might assume that I must be technically-smart, considering I work for a high tech manufactured home web-site. Your presumed assumption is totally [...]

On May 20, 2013, an E-5 tornado devastated the town of Moore, Oklahoma.  An E-5 tornado is the highest possible rating for a tornado with sustained winds of 215 miles per hour.  The funnel of [...]

(Part 3 of a 3 part series)   In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I have summarized the enforcement and inspections of the manufactured home construction process.  This enforcement and scrutiny [...]