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| Written by M Shane |
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Another way mobile homes save you money is their relatively low cost of maintenance. Replacing furnaces, roofs and the other bits and pieces essential to a comfortable home life costs much less for a mobile than a similarly sized stick-built home. Despite the lower cost, it is quite possible to have the same amount of comfort in a mobile home as a stick-built. Owning a mobile in a park can have its advantages as well. One big advantage with mobile homes is the ability to have a home in a desirable area that is much lower in cost (including pad rental) than a stick-built home or a condo. If you are renting a pad, your costs can be even lower. Property taxes are paid by the owner of the land where your pad sits on, so they are much lower. Maintenance is often done or hired out by the owner and paid for by your pad rental fees. You can even use the park as a “stopping off place” for your mobile while you save up for the mortgage on a piece of land that you can remove the mobile to, to serve as either a permanent or temporary residence. Mobile homes are not the shoddily built "tin cans" of yesteryear. They come in a surprising number of styles and can be built to satisfy the strictest quality guidelines. By shopping carefully and having a long-term plan, you can make your mobile home into a moneymaker instead of a money pit - and have a comfortable, attractive residence in the interim. M Shane |
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