Plus, it's a lot cheaper to build by buying a new manufactured home and putting it on a permanent foundation.

Would recommend getting in touch with mobile home park operators, agents, brokers and manufacturers.

Have called the manufactured/ modular manufacturers to ask them this question or contact some local dealers.

@Walt Hairell Your options are limited with a mobile home (manufactured housing is the new PC word).

- It's only good for food haha).The quotes came back as such: $5500, $6400 and $7800 for a new 3 ton unit and installation..I was appalled as these prices didn't sit right with me so I decided to take matters into my own hands and do some on the ground research since I just so happened to be in Houston that weekend.They say your network is equal to your net-worth so I immediately reached out to my network of investors and got the contact of a formidable handy man in the area.We were able to cut out the multiple middlemen and go straight to the wholesale distributor (cutting off all middle men would mean going straight to the manufacturer but it's not possible to buy one off units from them).I paid $1000 for a brand new 3 ton unit and was charged $500 for the labor of the handyman...Needless to say, I'll be working with this handyman for future projects and repairs..Total cost - $1500 and 2 hours of my timeTotal savings - ~$6000Because of my spidey sense and network, I was able to save a ton of money, form a new relationship in the process, acquire a connect with the wholesale distributor and write this article..

I live in the Bay Area of California, where I work in tech, particularly in hardware design and manufacturing - and have a huge passion for Virtual and Augmented Reality - it is the next wave of computing - and yes - I'm a bit of a recovering tech geek.

For example, in many parts of the US high paying manufacturing jobs have gone away, such as the automotive manufacturing jobs for which the average pay was about $40/Hr plus benefits.

Some of those trailers have pipes that were improperly manufactured and the will keep busting.

@Sarah Wade is it a mobile home or a manufactured home on it's own land?

Are you talking about an actual "mobile" home or a manufactured home that is on a permanent foundation?