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Manufactured Homes: The Buyer's Guide: How to Realize Your Dream in a Manufactured Home (Home Resources series) Paperback – January 1, 2010

by Steven Taylor (Author)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Manufactured homes are becoming more and more sophisticated and are now an excellent alternative to conventional home construction. It's by far the most economical way to a new home: You'll spend less money, time, and frustration than when buying a new conventional home, and get all the features you want.With the help of this book, the entire process becomes easy and painless. You will find clear descriptions of all the steps involved, from choosing a manufacturer and a dealer to arranging financing, and from selecting a floor plan to placing the home on the site and customizing the home.The author has extensively researched the subject both from the buyer's standpoint and from within the industry. The result is a balanced view, enabling both parties in the home buying transaction to realize their needs and avoid unpleasant surprises.
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  1. Print length
    144 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Van der Plas/Cycle Publishing
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1892495422
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1892495426
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Steven Taylor is out to eliminate both the skepticism and the uneasiness ( ) associated with buying a manufactured home. -- Mary Beth Breckenridge, Akron Beacon Journal, December 6, 2003

This great little book, packed with insider tips ( ) should be required reading for every buyer. -- Robert J. Bruss, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2004

About the Author

Since his retirement from the music and entertainment industry, Steven Taylor has thoroughly researched the manufactured housing industry. He worked for a dozen different dealerships, representing several different manufacturers, visited factories, and talked to hundreds of customers and home owners. The now lives in Bethune, SC, where he had a manufactured home placed on his large estate.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Van der Plas/Cycle Publishing; First Edition, First edition (January 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1892495422
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1892495426
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Marie Eiter
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013
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This is very informative for the first-time manufactured home buyer. I feel a lot more confident as i shop around. I also believe that when you ask intelligent questions, sales people become more forthright in their responses.
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Mountaineerbluebird
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2015
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What a joke. I could learn all of this by reading a product flyer.
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DALE
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017
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Great book and very use full in my research for a manufacture home,Great references book.
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Byron Glunz
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2017
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informative
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PAUL
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2018
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Richard P Griffin
5.0 out of 5 stars Industry insider
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2004
After reviewing Grissom's and Burnside's books on the subject, I came across Taylor's version and found his book "Manufactured Homes: The Buyer's Guide" to be profoundly accurate and useful, not only for the buyer, but as a training guide for new sales staffers within our company. This book is user-friendly and literally packed with lists and charts, which make the decision-making process of buying a mobile home much simpler and logical.
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Dan the Man
1.0 out of 5 stars Another Industry Insider Sings Industry Praises
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2005
I'll bet industry insiders really do love this book. It drastically overstates the number of manufactured homes being sold (as a percentage of all home sales), it drastically overstates their savings as opposed to site-built homes, brags about "strict" HUD requirements (which are anything but), etc. There is one factual error after another with nothing to back up the claims. Although Talylor stresses how much "research" went into this brief fluff piece, he doesn't site anyone or any study that I recall seeing. The worst part of the lies to me are his claims that "the vast majority of home sales professionals are well-intentioned and eager to give you sincere advice and service . . . Some of the finest individuals I've known make their living in the manufactured housing business." Well, that certainly conflicts with my experience when I went shopping at dozens of lots in two states, and it seems to be at odds with Consumer's Union finding that half of all consumer complaints involve fraud on the part of these "fine" individuals. I don't know where Mr. Taylor worked (he was an industry employee), but maybe it was on a different planet. The typical earthly dealership incarnation bears little resemblence to what Manufactured Homes: The Buyer's Guide describes. Specifically, Consumer's Union found several kinds of fraud prevalent (in the article "In Over Our Heads" / February 2002):

* the dealership substituted a different home (another model, year, or size) for the one the customer thought they were buying

* the dealership falsified information on the loan application (often lying about the down payment amount or accepting borrowed money as a down payment)

* the dealership ended up charging more for the home than the price they originally quoted

* the terms of the sale were changed on the customer midway through the deal (when momentum makes it hard to back out) and additional expenses were added like extra fees or higher interest rates

* the dealership refused to give the customer copies of contracts they had to sign

Wow, these guys do sound like the salt of the earth, don't they? In my on family's case, we were on multiple occasions asked to sign blank forms for our "conveinence." After the contract was official, and when we complained about things that weren't right, people from the dealership actually cussed us out!

Another extremely important point is the home's set-up. Even the best manufactured home can be destroyed by a faulty set-up, and it won't be covered by warranty. I think Taylor devotes 1 or 2 inconsequential pages to this very important topic. Wes Johnson devotes 25 pages to the set-up in his book on manufactured homes (The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook), and 7 more just on the foundation itself. In fact, Johnson's book is the only one I've read that actually tells it like it is. If you're considering buying a manufactured home, or even if you've already bought one, you should buy The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook (ISBN 0-7864-2209-2). While Taylor, Burnside, and Grissim are sugar-coating the industry and basically getting their facts wrong over and over, Johnson's narrative rings true to experience. He tells you how you can get a good manufactured home and save a ton of money without getting ripped off like so many others have.
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Harold Jackson
1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate and shallow
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2004
This lightweight booklet is terribly researched with numerous factual errors, particularly in the first four chapters. Later, when giving buying advice, it assumes you are a low-credit, high-risk buyer. A much better book is John Grissim's.
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