Still, the reputation of poor quality remains.

George Allen who is considered the guru of consultants to manufactured housing community owners has a fairly complex and accurate formula for setting rents and he gives it away for free.

So i am in the military and receive roughly 1400/month just for housing and where i stay now they take it all so i don't see that extra money.I was wondering if it would be a good idea to buy a manufactured home for say 40k and pocket the rest of the money left over from the mortgage for a year and a half until i leave the area.My concern is selling / renting out the manufactured home, do they sell or is it usually easy to find tenants ?

It is intended to be used for situations like this where a manufactured home is "abandoned" or left behind.

I'd love to talk with anybody about reputable companies in other parts of the country if they're interested.Thanks again!

Again this answer your question about working for free, I do not like to work too much for little money :)In Toronto MADE sense for me to buy residential 3/4 plex, its expensive, good appreciation, rents are high, less work for higher returns.I think Hamilton is no longer a Steel Town, as far as i know, as of now not even steel is manufactured there anymore.

Don't be afraid of a reputation that's 25 years out of date.If you're looking to get plugged in to the community, I can think of no better way than my gym, Tacoma Strength.

So my point is that I think I can really get clear about the "reputation" of a builder and a neighborhood in a most likely stronger way than if I were just searching online and such.

So I did as much research as i could online and found that all the cheap properties were in pretty rough neighborhoods and the local economy did not seem to support flipping in any significant volume.I then looked into Memphis TN, again all properties under 40k were in rough neighborhoods.I'm now leaning towards San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, or HoustonThe only problem with them is finding a house under 40k for us to live in, I did find a few Manufactured homes in the country close to Dallas and some a little over a hour north of Houston, I would be fine living in one of the manufactured homes close to Dallas for quite some time, my only issue is tying up most of my free cash in a house that i cannot refi to free up the cash again.Thanks for taking the time to read my rather long post and i look forward to hearing your suggestions!

I won't list anything I can't sell as my reputation is on the line.