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Florida seems to require you to have a physical business address that is large enough to park mobiles homes in order for you to get a dealer's license to sell mobile homes. The dress cannot be a personal residence, and must be zoned for the commercial dealer use. Would this apply even if I am only buying in mobile home parks and NOT moving them? I have talked to different state officials, with various results. Do any of you know about this requirement? Do other states require the same? Thanks for your help.

Does anyone know of a reasonable insurance provider that covers mobile homes in South Florida?

Thank you for the advice Stephen Masek .

You should contact Suzanne Docobo. She is a Realtor, Investor, and CPA. Great lady and knows her stuff. Send me a message if you want her contact info (BP is not allowing me to do it here)

Great advice Miriam Seidel ! Thank you so much.

Thank youBill Neves

Rachel H. Yep! We have already become fast friends with the people at our local Mobile Home Depot. Thanks for the advice.

So because you are a contractor, and you have so many years of experience, do you actually use a Scope of work? Or do you really just know what needs to be done and go ahead and do it? What paper trail do you use? How detailed do you as a contractor like it to be? I know you wear more than one hat, so I'm sure it may be a combination of things, right?

Holy crapJohn Arendsen ! That's awesome! Ours is an '83. We have to address termite issues, but nothing like what you have to fix.

Quick question:  

Do you all use a MH Scope of Work template that you apply to each property that you repair/rehab (if necessary)?  Or do you develop a separate scope of work (or running list of repairs) that you prepare for each property as you go?  Also,  if you use a template, are you willing to share it?  

We have developed a general one based on the repairs needed for our first mobile home purchase, but we are thinking that we may need to add more details like, item names/brands, skew numbers, etc.,  AND  NOT just the general types repairs needed- without giving the contractor our specific choice of brands, size, color...  Is this correct?  As a new MH investors, what is the best way to add this detail to our scope of work (if it is needed)?  We're thinking we will be relying heavily on the contractor's knowledge at first, but just doing as much due diligence as possible to know what these items are and how much the can cost.  Do we have this correct?  Going to the store to get that information was exciting, educational, and slightly overwhelming.  For example, we priced doors, windows, AC units, faucets, sinks, skirting, etc.  And I'm sure we didn't get everything!  We just want to make sure that we are spending our time efficiently.  We also want to make sure that we make the contractor's job as easy as possible.    

Thank you for your help.