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Discounted Manufactured Homes. Manufactured Home Deals. A manufactured home (also called a prefab, prefabricated home, and mobile home), is built in a manufacturing facility. A manufactured home is on axles or a frame and ussualy towed. Typically, if the prefab home is built prior to 1976 HUD Code Enactment, it is called a mobile home. After the 1976 HUD Code Enactment, typically they are called manufactured homes. Today the industry prefers to use the term manufactured home, but in general the public uses the terms interchangibly. Most manufactured homes are manufactured in single, double, and triple wides. A single wide can be 12-14' wide by 30-60' in length. Manufactured homes can be on fee simple(own the land) or leased fee (leasing the ground from a third party) land. In most cases you can not tell if the home is manufactured or modular, by just looking. The first step is to examine the exterior and check public records. |
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| At first glance, you can see the components or each wide. In the photo below there are two wides put togather. This is a typical manufactured/ mobile home with a low pitched roof. Very basic windows. | ||
Recently, lenders are in trouble, and the most difficult properties to liquidate are the manufactured properties. Large lenders have alot manufactured properties South Carolina and Alabama. Again the best long term investments in manufactured homes come with the land.
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| Less typical are these high end manufactured homes located in Newport Beach California($600,000 and higher). These homes are confirmed in county public records as manufactured homes: | ||
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