Whether looking to buy a Manufactured Home or a Modular Home, you owe it to yourself to have all the insider information you can have. In this book, you will learn that the phrase "mobile home" in the title is used for familiarity, since no mobile home has been manufactured in about 50 years. You will learn the difference between a trailer, a mobile home, a manufactured home, and a modular home. You will know the ins and outs of construction, sales, financing, installation, erosion control, air conditioning, service, and maintenance. After completely reading this book and writing your home’s specification using the guided instructions, you will be prepared to purchase a new manufactured home or modular home. With your new found knowledge about the home buying process, you can make your money do the most for your home buying process and avoid unnecessary expenses. Remember to take this book and your home's specifications with you and use it to your advantage when visiting a dealership. Once you have committed to a specific dealership, negotiate everything about your new home and its installation in good faith. Provide all the information needed to determine what your costs will be prior to closing the loan or buying the home. Remember that most properties have setbacks from the front, back and sides which are typically at least 3 different distances. Especially for small lots, make a plot plan which shows the lot, your home with all steps and air conditioner shown to scale along with the setbacks. Using the plot plan, determine whether your home can fit on your property including air conditioners and steps which must not be on the setback. All costs in excess of those accounted for in the purchase agreement fall on the buyer as the dealership’s responsibilities are certain to be limited to those stated on the purchase agreement. These costs may be due to items not disclosed by you, improperly estimated by anyone, or simply missed by you or the dealership or both. This can be something as simple as later finding “the property runs uphill from the home site to the area where the septic tank will be located”. This simple omission will require a septic pumping station to be installed next to the house and set YOU back thousands of dollars in initial expenses. Long term, the pump and all the maintenance involved with that, including having the grease cleaned out of the tank, perhaps every few months, is also unexpected and exclusively yours. Get the purchase agreement right, stating your responsibilities and those of the dealership. ALL unaccounted for work needed to prepare the property, install the home, or complete your utilities falls onto you, the buyer. What you don't know can hurt you and cost you thousands or tens of thousands of unexpected dollars or more. Get the straight scoop from an insider. Bob.