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Fix But Don’t Over Fix!

Selling ‘as is’… is always great. Less time, less money and in some cases, a lot less aggravation. Ask me about our latest project and I’ll tell you. Grab a coffee first!                 Some of the tips in the article below, don’t work on mobile homes. Some do. However, […]

Financing for Manufactured Homes?

Fannie-Freddie Look to Provide Financing for Manufactured Homes One of the challenges of Manufactured Homes, as a business, is the issue of financing. Dodd-Frank (2010) set out rules to make “home financing safer and more accessible to borrowers”. “Safer” became so much over caution that a LOT of potential home owners couldn’t, and still can’t, […]

Save the Cheerleader!

Most people know I’m a sci-fi junkie. The TV show ‘Heroes‘ has been off the air for 7 years. They had a line for a while, that went “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World!” Saving the Cheerleader was the key to the show’s story arc. I saw this article today and it brought that quote to […]

Tiny or Little Home?

Tiny homes are pretty popular lately. They are 150 to 250 sq ft. Kinda cozy. Clayton Homes (Warren Buffett) has gotten into building homes now, instead of just selling and financing them. These are 450-464 sq ft. So almost 2x Tiny home size. NOTE: They’re not giving them away. And the plans say for 4 […]

Value a Mobile Home…

What’s the value of that mobile home I’m looking at? That’s ALWAYS a great question. And one that takes some legwork, homework and time to get a good handle on. The book “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell talks about 10,000 hours to get proficient at anything. Average job is 40 hrs/week x 50 weeks/year (2 weeks […]

Bandit Signs

          Got a question about Mobile Home ads and listings. Coincidentally got this email Monday. (Click link to read article) http://click.email.zillow.com/… But, we all know… there are NO accidents! And I don’t believe in coincidences. A Bandit Sign is our #1 favorite local marketing tool. See examples. Pro: Easily seen and […]

Google This!

Tech Sharing time… long read and hopefully worth it. I’ve been a techie forever. In grade school, I carried a mono transistor (a what?) radio around on a belt clip, with a solo wire earpiece (mono) to hear it. Before iPods. Took it everywhere. My mom called it my “Transistor Sister”. I learned computer programming in […]