The dealer arranges transport, and when the home hits our park- we have a check waiting.

Or like around here the mobile home transport companies are small privately owned businesses, a call to them would tell you very quickly where they are offloading the used ones on their back hauls.

Most people own vehicles instead of horses for daily transportation, yet vehicles are always evolving.

With gas at 3.00/gallon, I don't fault some realtors for wanting to do this (aside from marketing, the act of transportation is the realtor's largest expense).

The California Community of Housing and Development aka HCD which is regulated by the state.Other states still use the Department of Motor Vehicles aka DMV or the Department of Transportation aka DOT.

It's a big red flag if the contractor can't afford to buy material without money from you (or doesn't have the right tools, transportation, etc). 

Transporting the trailers and setting them up.

Luckily, for me, I lived in a hot location, close to Michelin starred restaurants and nice bars, with easy access to transportation and downtown Chicago.

I was thinking about $7k for the home and $3k for transport and installation.

I took a job with the local Department of Transportation when the housing market crashed and began studying investing.