This allows you to dig deeper into the history and details of other land and property they own to help understand each property in true detail, and how to best approach that owner with a potential deal.
As with any investment, due diligence is critical. Current owners may have set rents lower than the market rate. Conduct interviews with the staff, understand the local economy, get an idea of the current owners in the park. Build out a buying checklist for yourself to tackle along the way. Here are three ideas to get you started….
Pro Tip: Look at the past year of bank statements, all contracts, the rent roll, all signed leases, insurance policies and all utilities information. Pro Tip: Location is extremely important. The best parks are in expensive areas. Providing affordable housing in an expensive area will create high demand. No matter your background or role in CRE, mobile home parks offer a ton of benefits for those who invest. Demand is high and risks are low, so consider striking while the iron is hot.
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Research Reports Data-driven market and industry insights from Reonomy Research. Demand is high, and the commercial real estate community is taking notice. One reason mobile homes depreciate in value is because they are personal property, not real property. Anything that can be removed without "injury" to the land is not real property. Personal property, on the other hand, is anything that is movable and not classified as real property.
Even though mobile homes are not easily removed from land once placed, they are still considered personal property although in many locations a person who owns both the mobile home and underlying land can convert the mobile home to real property by taking some affirmative steps. On the other hand, stick-built homes are considered part of the real property. A related disadvantage is that mobile homes, because they are personal property, are usually more expensive to finance.
Personal property loans, sometimes called "chattel loans," usually come with higher interest rates and shorter terms than a mortgage loan. Additional disadvantages to mobile homes have to do with them typically being located in a mobile home park. Despite "owning" your actual home, you will still have a landlord, to whom you will have to pay rent and answer to for your compliance with park rules. The landlord might at some point decide to evict you, in which case you'll be faced with either moving or selling your mobile home.
Mobile homes are not easy to resell, especially when located in a mobile home park. Because they are relatively immobile after being set up, unless the buyer wants to keep the mobile home where it is, finding a buyer can be a challenge.
It can cost several thousand dollars to move a mobile home. This might not be a disadvantage, though, if the mobile home and land are sold together, just like a stick-built house. However, despite significant advances in the quality of mobile home construction, there is still a stigma attached to mobile home ownership that could turn some buyers off.
A final disadvantage is that, unlike stick-built homes, which are built on permanent foundations, mobile homes are usually placed on temporary foundations. During a natural disaster, like an earthquake or severe storm, mobile homes can be more prone to damage. The average approval time is one to five business days. Do I need to hire a real estate attorney to buy a mobile home on leased land?
An attorney is not necessary to facilitate the purchase, because this is not a true real estate transaction. Your Mobile Home Spot agent will process all the paperwork and transfer the home titles for you!
Do I have to pay property taxes on a mobile home on leased land? This registration similar to auto registration expires on December 31 of each year. Depending on the community, this pass on tax may be paid monthly or annually. Some include this fee in the lot rent; others charge it separately. Can I purchase one of your listed mobile homes without seeing it in person?
We can complete all the necessary paperwork by email and standard mail. If you know someone in the area, ask him or her to view the home for you, and provide feedback. Additionally, we recommend that you hire a licensed home inspector and termite inspector.
Your Mobile Home Spot agent will inform you of any known concerns or any issues that have been disclosed by the seller. Sorry, we are not able to place a hold on any home for a future viewing. This is a first come, first served business, with the homes often selling quickly. You may arrange for someone to view a particular home for you and provide you information.
An offer can be contingent on the results of a home inspection scheduled within one to three business days. Your home inspector will inspect the home for you, usually providing you with a written report. Many of our buyers first find their preferred home online, then arrange for travel to see the home in person for themselves! Why are many homes sold that are furnished? Most of our listed homes are sold with furnishings because the seller has a second home in another location.
Buyers often prefer to purchase a furnished home, to avoid the expenses of moving and purchasing new furnishings. Most communities have a bulletin board inside the clubhouse where items for sale or free can be posted.
Is financing available for manufactured homes on leased land? Several factors determine financing eligibility: age, size, location, purchase price, etc. The buyer must meet lender requirements: credit score, debt to income ratio, etc. Whether the buyer plans to occupy the home full or part time may also affect financing eligibility. Feel free to conduct your own internet search to find more companies that offer mobile home financing. What if I am unable to perfectly time the sale of my present home and the purchase of a manufactured home on leased land?
On the other hand, you may find yourself owning two homes concurrently. In that case, it is important to have extra available funding for insurance, utilities, maintenance, etc. Remember that either situation is temporary; you will soon be enjoying life in the wonderful manufactured home community of your choice.
All of our homes are pre-owned and sold in present condition AS IS. There are no warranties, guarantees, and representations from the seller or Mobile Home Spot on anything related to the home, equipment, appliances, and contents now or in the future. All known issues or deficiencies discovered by the agent or previously disclosed by the seller shall be communicated to the buyer in writing.
We recommend all buyers have the home inspected by local professionals. All inspection expenses are the sole responsibility of the buyer. All manufactured homes are used items that have evidence of wear and tear, and will require routine maintenance, much like a used automobile. Should I hire a licensed home inspector? For your peace of mind, The Mobile Home Spot recommends you have a home and termite inspection performed on the home you plan to purchase.
Feel free to conduct an internet search to find inspectors in the city where the home is located. I have never lived in a mobile home or in a land lease community. What should I expect as I begin my search?
Mobile homes are one of the most comfortable, cost effective housing options available today. Perhaps the most important thing to remember is to thoroughly inform your Mobile Home Spot agent of your preferences. All of our agents are experts on the communities they serve, so we will make every effort to find the perfect home for you as soon as possible.
Additionally, all parks perform background checks, and some perform credit checks. If the agent is fully familiar with any factor that could negatively affect your potential park approval, she will be able to assist with the park approval process as much as possible. I was given the notice at 10 am and had to vacate the premises by 12 noon. I was given 2 hours to pack up 5 years of stuff otherwise they threatened to call the police which is something I could not allow my teen to endure on top of the eviction itself.
You forgot two major disadvantages: many mobile home parks sell fixer-upper mobile homes to people, who move in and fix them up. Despite involvement of the law, the law is slow to act, the home is lost and sold to another victim. This is a well-paying, little-known scam in the industry.
First, residents have to mow their own grass. You can imagine the problems that can cause, especially with kids and pets. Dealing with that now. Alot of older homes not being maintained, cluttered lots throughout the park. If I could sell it, I would probably loose money. We are in a similar situation in Hamburg, NY. The management leaves a lot to be desired as well. They are failing miserably…. Look forward to getting out of mobile home living.
They do maintain the road but all mowing is on the home owner; home owners also pay all utilities, including water, sewer, storm water fee, garbage, and local fire fees. In WV mobile homes, like automobiles, are subject to property taxes. The park consists of a Supposedly over 55 park although there are teenagers under school age children and adult children of Managements family members, driving fast on skate boards and bikes!
The Mobile Home has by prospectus and in writing a Swimming pool and a club house which they are now forced to share with the other two operations and now does not even comply with Fire Marshal Capacity regulations. Forty residents got together and hired an attorney in an attempt to stop 21 major complaints including elder abuse and found that the owner and his lawyers would have every case broken down into separate cases so as to drag it out and cost the residents the maximum amounts of money thus costing more than it was worth and more cost effective to sell and move?
Many residents were afraid to do anything for fear of eviction! Can you say worthless Agencies and Politicians! Never put a mobile Home or Purchase one in a Park where you do not own the property as in Florida they can and will do anything and everything to take advantage of you.
So sorry to hear your park is managed so poorly. I wish everyone that owned a mobile or manufactured home could also own the land under it or at least be protected against scrupulous park owners trying to bleed everyone dry.
Best of luck to you! I live in California and have been looking for a Mobil Home Park to live in. The space rent is so high!!!!! Starting to think that with the price of a Mobil home and the space rent that it is going to be too expensive to do. Any thoughts? Hurricanes are scary and I absolutely understand your apprehension about mobile homes.
Keep in mind that hurricanes will destroy any home. As long as you evacuate when needed and keep your favorite things protected as well as possible, you can live comfortably in a beautiful state and in an affordable home.
Sounds pretty good to me! Best of luck! Well if you really are in a adult community which it is much better than the others since it is much better for us older people. Please let me know how it goes — if you email me at crystalAdkins mobilehomeliving.
This is too much to pay for water anywhere. Mobile home parks differ in their rules and regulations.
Ours in NJ was just bought out. The restrictions are horrible. If you have an older unit that you want to upgrade to resell, they do everything to try to get you to give up and walk away from it so they can install a new unit and rake in a huge profit.
We feel like we have no rights at all. We pay the highest rents in the park and pay for all the utilities.
Some parks are terrible. It sounds like your park is one of those overreaching HOAs you hear about in gated communities. Maybe you can create a tenant group and try to get some of the harsher rules changed. I moved back to Wis because of my age my daughter wanted me if I needed any help. I sold my double wide home in Yucca Valley, Ca. It is the upper desert and is 30 or so mile East of Palm Springs.
Took a big loss. But, I would like to get another home. I will try to attach some pictures to this. It is a nice place to see. Apparently, the California housing market is absolutely insane. If you want to buy property with an older mobile home on it you should be able to look on Zillow.
Those two sites will be your best bet. My email is crystaladkins mobilehomeliving. What rights do we have living in a mobile home park? Is there anyone in local government that could help? Every state is different but most have a website that will share the information you need. That should get you to the rabbit hole that most fall into whenever they visit government websites. Every year the lot rent goes up and get no amenities in return. We mow our own lawn, plow own snow, take garbage to a dumpster up front.
We have no rec area, community center or nothing here. I have a single wide home and one of the smallest lots in the park. The owner has added 12 new homes this year , but rent goes up. The owner of the park keeps our star program exemption also to lower his school taxes. He has us all screwed here, as where can we go?
It costs tooooo much to move. Had I know that the lot rent was going up, I would never have spent that money. At the homeowners expense we are improving the looks of his lots. What recourse do we have? When asked about the increase he says it is a cost of living raise, well how many years no increase in SS benefits or our expenses went up. Thank you for listening to me.
Owning parks is very profitable otherwise why would anyone do it. Perhaps you can join other in the park and make complaints to the park manager and owners? It was made cheaply, but I needed a place in the school district fast and had no other choice. Bought it new in a park. Bad thing to do, but it had to be done.
Lot rent pays nothing but the lot. No water, garbage pick up, and in the last couple of yrs we have to pay a personal tax It started at and is now per month. I woke up the other morning to chain saws cutting down trees, including a ten yr old corkscrew willow I had planted next to my driveway.
No warning, no reason as to why, just went thru the park cutting randomly it seemed. The rules change with each mgr. That really causes problems. The police are constantly in here, no dogs over 25 lbs, but there are pit bulls loose, and other lg dogs. I am sure there are nice parks.
Looks are deceiving! I have enjoyed reading thru some of the articles so very much, thank you, thank you. I do live in a double wide mobile home here in Albuquerque.
I have enjoyed living in it for almost seven years. Now the time has come for some updating and I am looking for new ideas. I want to make my mobile home look better and be water tight. We are have leaks from the porch down the side of the Mobile Home and it seems to be the cause of quite a bit of wood ride around the casings. I am not sure whether to paint and repair wood or try to have new siding installed.
Thank you for your kind words, Peggy! I would do whatever is needed to find and repair the leak first. New flashing may work if you have valleys where the water is running off.
Once the leak is fixed then you can start replacing the wood that has been damaged. Take this opportunity to add new and improved insulation on the exterior walls of your home.
After all that you can add the new siding and be assured that your home is water tight and well maintained. Then you should replace any rotten wood and then paint. I just wanted to comment on your article because I live in a mobile home and we may yearly taxes. Our monthly park rates include water and land rental but it does not include taxes which are about I would also add to the list of disadvantages that some of the older trailers are not as well insulated as the new ones currently being built, so if you are going to live in it for all 4 seasons and you live in an area that gets snow and colders temperatures have your trailer inspected to make sure if was built for 4 season use.
Some of the older models are scattered through trailer parks and they can get quite cold in the winter and cause high heating bills. A great idea I think. If you work in a thermal coal mines the company usually gives you a ton or two free each year so it makes heating much cheaper.
I wrote an article about installing wood stoves in mobile homes here. Thanks for commenting! We have a mobile, in a 55 and over park, however only one person has to be The other can be younger. We also pay taxes on our mobile each yr. The seem to see themselves as gods, which allows them to pick and choose who they will pick on next. We have a tiny stripe in front for our garden. We love working in it and have made it a beautiful place to be. Playing favorites, is ugly.
Parks are only as good as their managers. There is power in numbers. Form a group and see if they management will listen to your complaints. The yard thing bothers me too…. I live in a park that is very heavily wooded. I have to mow and rake my yard. They do run an extensive back ground check. Downtown Atlanta is only 20 minutes away with good traffic. The Park is owned by Harmony Homes and they also rent.
I have a 3 bed 2 bath home with a nice sized kitchen and living room for a single wide. I am happy here and do not regret my decision one bit! Sounds like a nice park! Partially remodeled with new floors and cabinets it leaves just enough for me to personalize the space to my taste. We have no pool or fitness centre or spectacular views, nor do we have community events. The advantage is that we are located five minutes walk from grocery store, drugstore, restaurants, hardware store — basically every amenity you could ask for.
I chose a home with no lawn, but some of the houses do have lawns that need to be mowed, and my next-door neighbour recently hired somebody to trim a bunch of trees that were hanging over his back fence from a vacant lot. Hi, I am looking to buy a mobile home but have heard that older ones are to be avoided particularly one older than
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