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Recommendations To Help You Find The Right Manufactured Home

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Home prices around the country are on the rise, more so in some areas based on demand and the inventory supply of homes for sale. So depending on your area, you may want to look for a stick built home or go with a manufactured home and save yourself some of the cost while you place your home on your own land. Here are some tips to help you through the process of buying a new manufactured home.

Utilize a Realtor

As you begin your search for the right manufactured home, there are a few ways you can go to look for the one you ultimately buy. But when you use a real estate agent, they can help you through the process of contracts and regulations to make and submit an offer to purchase the home. 

Your realtor can help you out with the search as well to identify where homes are available for sale. This can include searching out homes for sale that are existing and built upon a foundation or concrete slab, or manufactured homes from a dealer who supplies newly built models, or you can seek out a manufactured home that is listed for sale by the owner. Keep in mind that your real estate agent will be helpful in each situation no matter what source or process you choose to buy your home through.

Consider a Custom Manufactured Home

A brand new manufactured home is a reality that you may not have considered, but it can give you all the interior features and amenities you want. Look at the different floor plan of a manufactured home to find one that provides you, for example, an open floor plan, three bedrooms, upgrades to the kitchen appliances and countertops, beautiful wood flooring, and custom cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms. 

Evaluate the Property Choices

Once you have purchased your manufactured home, look at where you will want to place it on a masonry foundation or concrete piers. If you own a plot of land or are buying your own plot, you can have the home delivered to the site and installed on its new foundation. However, you may be able to buy a manufactured home that is already set up in a park, where you can rent the lot from the owner. Keep in mind you will need to pay the lot rent each month, but this covers the maintenance of the neighborhood, community areas, park, and a pool, or other additional amenities that are available there.


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