1,502,998
Aside from being magnets for tornados... proving that God doesn't like them... they are the last place for affordable housing for some people.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Libby Cousins
Spokane, WA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,390,620
I just sold a MH to a young man who otherwise could never afford to OWN a home. It's a starting place for many and a refuge for many. While some parks are definite eyesores they are "home" to some families that would otherwise be homeless.
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
805,909
Hmmmmm.....I have no words after seeing that photo.
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,572,183
I'm in California - I hsve known "mobile homes" to be priced in excess of $1,000,000. I leave the decision to add/remove mobile home parks to the area's jurisdiction.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
6,393,609
Love the photo John, a modern Chaco Canyon or Mesa Verde.
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
2,684,109
When travel trailers became living quarters for many people in the 1940's and 50's, Developers in Florida and elsewhere found a way to maxize profit on land, while providing affordable housing solutions to those people on the lower end of the economic ladder.
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,436,099
Mobile homes have a bad rap, sometimes deservedly so. But, sometimes they can be a great option. If that's all a person can afford and they want their own home, they give up some privacy and land in exchange for a place they can call "theirs."
The median home price in my area is somewhere around $300K, with median property taxes of $12K (for active listings). So a buyer of a typical single family home will pay $1000 per month just for taxes plus their mortgage/interest. I just listed a very nice mobile home that costs $30K, with a monthly park fee of $820/month. That's much less expensive way of life for someone who wants it.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
5,230,113
Now, that's creative use of space, John!
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,345,091
Speechless in San Jose.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,178,603
They need to be protected or relocated. This was an issue in our town a few years ago when developers bought land along prime riverfront property where a Mobile Home parkwas located. Those people had no option for affordable housing and their homes, for the most part, were too old to be moved without self-destructing.
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
7,836,139
Interesting. We do not see mobile homes in our market.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,543,823
Love the photo.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
2,220,654
Wow, thanks for sharing.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
758,035
People living in mobile homes don't want to live in mobile homes. From the ones I have seen most are not housing lowlifes or meth heads, not housing Hells Angels Motorcycle Club either- most don't even allow motorcycles. My take on them is don't hate the mobile homes, hate the parks. While some own the land & put the MH on their land many others can't & have to live in a MH park. The park managers overexercise their rights & collect ridiculously high monthly fees for the land use. They are unregulated & they can be tough to work with.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,104,931
We may not like them, but for many people it's the only housing option they can afford.
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
3,986,258
Many people live in these because it is all they can affoard
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
3,988,007
I'm not a fan even when they are on the ground.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,583,278
that's an adorable little home in the article.... someone should bomb those mobile home parks....
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,800,082
I'm not sure I would recommend this community.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,161,048
This is not a mobile home community - it's a mobile condo community! :-)
Manufactured home communities are popular in our area with many "snow birds" who are only spending their winter months here. The newer ones are being built to much higher standards than they used to be.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
734,952
Interestingly, there has been a quirky delemma for decades about mobile/manufacured park communities located nn upwardly mobile (pun intended) dirt, i.e. beach, lake, river, golf course, mountian resort, etc. The rents keep going up yet folks keep buying them, fixing the old MH's up or removing and replacing them with new MH's.
It sounds like the park Michael Jacobs was referring to was Paradise Cove in Malibu. I did hear on more than one ocassion where someone purchased a space for $1,000,000 with the privilage of paying $5000/mth for the lease. Still the park owner moans and groans at 5k/space that these high roller owners are making so much money off there homes because of the land they are leasing . Go figure.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
375,087
I think they are great for some buyers. I don't think that they (or any type of home) should be rebuilt over and over when it is clearly located in an area prone to natural disasters (think flood zones, tornado alleys, etc.).
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
3,071,489
Steve Higgins nailed this one!
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
1,574,666
Mobile homes are a way to provide lower cost housing options. Still, there must be a standard!
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
4,319,419
John DL Arendsen - let the town/city decide about it.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
4,434,127
5,772,575
John
Thank you for the information. A
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,868,554
Sometimes buying a mobile or manufactured home is the only way buyers can own something. We can only sell them if they are on land they will own too.
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John DL Arendsen
Leucadia, CA
4,882,355
2,071,025
87,920