On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:40:19 GMT, "Oscar_Lives"
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"maxinemovies" email on wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:55:22 GMT, "Oscar_Lives"
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"Mort Guffman" wrote in message
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I have heard that it costs more to finance these homes and to insure
them. I would check these two items out first.

A friend was going to have one put on his property. The homes are
nice. Well built and configurable to your liking. He liked the quality
and the house a lot, but the interest rate and the homeowner's
insurance made building a regular home a better choice for him. He
lives near Tampa.

Mort

The main problem is that manufactured homes don't appreciate in value.
They
are percieved as being very negative by potential buyers, and their
quality
is suspect. Therefore, the value drops like a rock, even if bolted on a
foundation.

Manufactured homes are one-half notch higher than trailer-trash homes.
You'd be better off renting.


Baloney. Where do you get your information from? I've been
researching manufactured homes for a couple of years and nothing could
be further from the truth.

Check out www.silvercrest.com and take the "factory tour." It's a
video of how they build. Our home will have 2 x 8 floor joists and 2 x
6 exterior walls. Typar wrap. We've bumped up the insulation. It's
going on a permanent foundation and WILL appreciate.

The bank is eager to give us a construction loan at a competitive
rate, which will turn into a mortgage later at less than 6%, the going
rate for conventional stick-built homes.

Manufactured homes aren't what they used to be. Not only are some
companies building real quality into the houses, but the general
perception in the public is improving dramatically, especially in more
rural areas.

And we're city folk, not country bumpkins who were raised in a trailer
park. We were both raised in the suburbs outside New York City, moved
into the city, then to Los Angeles. We've done our homework, and now
that we want to live out in the desert, we have every confidence that
Silvercrest is definitely the right decision for us.

Despite what you might think of manufactured homes, many people are
quite excited to have them available. They have beautiful floor plans
that can be tweaked and upgraded and most of the homes bear little
resemblance to earlier mobile homes.

Please get your facts straight.

Maxi

Sounds like the salesman did a number on your independent thinking.


I never even talked to a salesman until I had thoroughly researched
everything and we decided that this was the way to go. Then we
researched sales people to find the one we wanted to work with. She's
got an easy job with us because she didn't need to "sell" us on the
idea of a manufactured home. We knew what we wanted and how we wanted
it done.

My independent thinking is fine, thanks.

What research did you do to bring you to the conclusion that you came
to about manufactured homes?

Maxi

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