Re: buying a new manufactured home?
Mobile homes depreciate, so if you buy a new one, you'll take a big hit if you buy new. See if you can get one a few years old and you'll do much, much better.
Also, if you are able to wait a bit and get the pre-fab houses that aren't mobile homes, you'll have an actual house that will increase in value, instead of losing value.
I was in a position to make this same decision 12 years ago and my husband and I decided to go with a stick-built home. It was only a difference of about $20,000, and altho the stick built home didn't have a jacuzzi and a fancy looking interior, it is now worth about double what we paid to build it. That will never happen with a mobile home.
Best of luck with your decision.
-Jean
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