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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Wes Johnson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9780786422098

ISBN 10:   0786422092
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   11 October 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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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     

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.

perform([s] a great service --<i>Midwest Book Review</i>; 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.

"""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."

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

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