The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook

by Wes Johnson

Overview

This handbook details the steps the shopper must follow when buying a manufactured home. It offers advice on choosing a dealership, negotiating with sales people, understanding mortgage options, avoiding common trouble spots in setup and delivery, and customizing the new home. Included as an appendix are the addresses of the state agencies dealing with consumer concerns about manufactured housing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476603278
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	09/17/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Writer and computer business owner Wes Johnson lives in York, South Carolina.
Writer and computer business owner Wes Johnson lives in York, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     

1. Doing Your Homework     
2. Custom Ordering Your New Home     
3. Illustration of Customization     
4. Dealing with Salespeople     
5. The Devil Is in the Details: Responsibilities and Contracts     
6. Cases from the Manufactured Housing Board     
7. Who Owns the Bank?: Financing     
8. The Walk-Through(s)     
9. Solid Foundations     
10. The Setup     
11. Final Analysis     
12. When Things Go Wrong     
13. Indoor Air Quality     
14. Making Your House a Home     

Conclusion     
Appendix A: Sample Requirements List     
Appendix B: Sample Wish List     
Appendix C: State Administrative Agencies for Manufactured Housing     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

perform([s] a great service”—Midwest Book Review; “a must-read consumer’s guide...well worth your time and money...the most helpful book available on the subject”—Kelly Garbato; “Outstanding. With millions of home buyers now opting for manufactured housing, don’t buy or build any home before you’ve read this well researched guide...packed with useful insights and hindsights that follow personal experience.”—Sandy Skipper-Lopez, National Director, Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings, Inc.; “Utterly the most remarkable, intelligent, informed, and honest accounting I’ve read anywhere—there is no room for doubt about the authenticity of [the author’s] experiences. Well worth the price for the consumer.”—Kristen Zehner, State President, Wisconsin Manufactured Home Owners Association, Inc.

From the Publisher

Outstanding. With millions of home buyers now opting for manufactured housing, don't buy or build any home before you've read this well researched guide...packed with useful insights and hindsights that follow personal experience.

National Director, Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings, Inc - Sandy Skipper-Lopez

a must-read consumer's guide...well worth your time and money...the most helpful book available on the subject

Kelly Garbato

perform([s] a great service

Midwest Book Review