Who Lives in a Mobile Home and Can Answer Some Questions?

Thank you. Just when I've started to think that perhaps there really aren't any nice people on MyLot, you have restored my faith! The home I lived in with my family as a kid was in a horrible section of town. We'd have police coming up frequently asking how many shots we heard on the night so and so was murdered. You couldn't safely walk the streets. But it sold for $150,000 way back when we sold it. And recently it sold for $400,000! I can't believe what houses costs out here. It sounds like you live in a similar type of place. We witnessed wives getting hit with chairs on the front lawn, and we had kids come hide in our yard from their drunken fathers. It was craziness. But at the time, I wasn't scared because it was all I knew. I wouldn't want to have a dog solely for protection, but I love pit bulls and wouldn't be opposed to having one because I'd definitely train it and it would be a nice dog, but would probably deter people as well. Although, I bet it's hard to find a mobile home park that allows dogs... I've only seen them at a few.

I will definitely let you know. That is horrible about your pekingese! I would definitely have my large/medium dog under control at all times so that it wouldn't hurt a smaller dog or other small pet. At this point though it's not absolutely necessary for me to be able to have a dog. I just need to be able to bring the rabbits for sure.

Good morning Pigglies, About the doggies, many parks allow them they just have rules, which of course not many people follow...A pit in the trailer park where I lived jumped my fence and got my little pikanese (spelling:-( and took out his eye...it was hanging from his little face...the doc saved him by inserting the eye back into the socket but he was never able to see from that eye again, the pit, which was always loose finally got taken away...The first pit my oldest daughter got was, to be perfectly honest, she fell in love with her, the former owner could no longer keep her, (Karma, a 2 yr old beautiful red nose)and for protection because she had an apartment in another bad part of town...but as time went on she, like me and my other daughter fell totally in love...the other kind of the same, the owner was evicted and he could not keep him, (Gage, a blue nose, giant pit!) and so she took him in...as with Karma, we all have fallen in love with this giant gently soul...shhhhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone, LOL They are both the biggest babies...don't get me wrong they'll mess something up if they had to, they've proven that by showing their stuff when strangers come around and geez are they aggressive or what?Yes, very!...anywho...look on the web, I'm sure you'll find a place, hopefully soon, I'll be praying for you. Also, I agree that the prices for homes are ridiculous today...I have two jobs, my oldest has about 3-4 jobs and still we must budget everything...it's a pain in the you know what! Let me know how you make out...again, I'm sure you'll be ok! ~G~

If I could get a house around $500 to $700 a month, I would do it. But that doesn't seem to be the case currently. :( I'll see if the bank can help on figuring out how much I'd end up paying monthly. I don't really want to keep renting if I don't have to (especially if I could have more space, I'd love that!).

That's why I went and got a house. It's mine and it's the same price as renting. I can do what I want with it and noone can tell me no. I think you would be better off trying to get a loan for a trailer rather than renting. You should just go and talk to your bank about it.

Definitely, I would not only want to inspect it myself but I would also want to have others inspect it who know more. My dad actually used to build houses and can tell bad workmanship when he sees it so I'll definitely make him take a look at it. I'm definitely going to purchase from the same state I plan to live in since I don't want to have to have it transported too far. And I'd prefer to just buy one that's already in the park like you said, if that's possible (some don't allow you to do that, they want you to bring in a new mobile home).

Yes, that would be perfect. So far I've only found a couple like that, but I haven't looked in all potential areas yet. I found one that was built in the 1960s and I'm thinking that's probably too old. But you never know I guess, because maybe they were really gentle on it and kept it up nicely. My grandparents own a house from the 1940s and while some near them have had to be torn down, theirs looks great still because they are good with the upkeep. I'll keep looking into condos too. The main problem with those is that there aren't many around here that are even close to affordable. Most are $300,000 or $400,000 plus you have association dues (not that I could afford something for $300,000 before the dues!).

Thank you so much for the link, I will check that out. I'm trying to make sure I'm as informed as possible. I know sometimes when I buy things I regret it later, so I want to make the right choice.

A 40 year old mobile home will probably have ALL kinds of problems. I haven't verified this site but you might find it helpful. It looks like it might be OK... http://www.mhbo.com

I can only afford room rent, not a whole house unfortunately. Not even a small one in a bad section of town. I can't live in one room forever. The rent on a studio apartment on the bad side of town is about all the money I make in a month. So I'd need to stop eating just to afford that. But mobile homes can work out to be cheaper because they're on monthly payments (plus space rent), which is why I'm hoping to be able to afford one within this next year.

There are a lot of restrictions. Generally you have to live in a mobile home park, you can't just decide to live on any lot of land, even if you own that land.