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You may have surmised by reading some of my articles that I have travelled many places in conjunction with activities and employment in the manufactured housing industry. In my travels, I am [...]

At the completion of the installation (also called” set-up”) of your new manufactured home and prior to you moving into the new home, your retailer, or sometimes a representative of your home’s [...]

Land-lease manufactured home communities are specifically designed for manufactured homes.  Here you will own your manufactured home, but lease the land on which your home is sited.  Many [...]

Being of the retirement age (plus a few years), I find myself thinking about retirement locations that would appeal to me — if and when I finally decide to leave the hustle and bustle life [...]

An important consideration when placing your new manufactured home on your own property is the “what, where, and how” to prepare for utility connections, such as water, sewer, gas and [...]

Looking back over 40 years plus in the mobile home business (yes, I know they are called manufactured homes now. I’ll get to that later), I tend to think back on how things in the industry were [...]

The foundation your home will be installed upon is one of the most important elements of your new home. There are several different types of foundations and the one you use will be determined by [...]

A recent study by Foremost Insurance Company showed that the average manufactured home owner is 49.9 years old.  However, today’s manufactured homes appeal to a wide range of demographic groups. [...]

Manufactured housing is probably the most studied and analyzed form of housing in the country.  It sometimes appears that the site built housing industry has an obsession attempting to find [...]

Placing your new manufactured home on land you own, or intend to buy, allows you a certain amount of freedom both in the location of the land itself and in the location of your home on the land. [...]