Hello - I am a new REI and wanted to gauge the thoughts of some of you folks who have been in my shoes before. As some background, I am a semi-recent college grad (class of 2014) and have spent the last few years work...

It has manufacturing facilities in two different states and it has contracts with big companies such as Menards, Lowes and Home Depot. 

Hi all, I currently acquired a manufactured home on its own lot for 157k using hard money, looking to put it on the market for 249k after its all done.

However, it's critical to be aware that the appraisal will either make it a non-event or be the pre-show to a 3 ring circus event that includes rebuild letters from the City, variance/grandfathering, etc...Mobile homes are considered personal property and as such are not eligible for a residential mortgage.When a mobile home becomes a manufactured home, and that manufactured home has it's title from the DMV fully surrendered and fully converted into real property then at that point if: It is the ONLY unit on its own lot; and its permanently attached to a permanent foundation; and It meets all the normal manufactured home eligibility requirements Then - at that point, a manufactured home could be financed via one of the following correspondent options.

I've called the manufacturer and they said they have not heard of it.

There is a huge demand for lower-priced housing with the growing university and manufacturing boom happening out off of USA Parkway (for those familiar with the area).

While both could becalled "manufactured housing", lenders don`t view them the same way. and has a brick 1/2 front facade and a two room addition.

Common sense still applies, even though it isn't a college course.Thank you for pointing that out with regard to manufacturing.

I don't think there is any cypress available here.I would not put wood shingle on a roof because of the fire risk, and I'd sure check with my insurance agent before I did the entire outside of a house with wood shingle.You can't hardly get insurance for a house with a shake roof, and I'd want some reassurance that there wasn't going to be a problem over the siding.There is a fire resistant manufactured siding that looks like wood shingles.

Without manufacturing, the average Joe's wages will continue to shrink.