Customer Reviews

A Consumer's Guide to Mobile Home Ownership : Y2000 Edition

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This is not a book, rather it is a pamphlet. It is literally stapled together collection of photocopied pages (24 in total) with each "page" (a page being half a regular 8.5x11 sheet)holding from 3 to 4 paragraphs and a blue paper cover that looks like it was copied from a copy of a copy of a bad drawing of a mobile home. Most of the advice is obvious and better advice is available elsewhere on line for free. There is literally nothing in here that I did not already know and I am nowhere near an expert. I really can't believe anyone gives this book anything more than 2 stars at best unless they have a relationship with the author or publisher. This "book" really is that bad. I returned this book I was so underwhelmed even though it only cost me [item price]. The sad part is I actually had to wait for this as it was backordered. All I can figure is the local Kinko's must have run out of paper because it doesn't look like it takes all that much to "publish" this.

If you're thinking about a mobile home (manufactured housing) for a primary residence, retirement haven or a vacation spot, Jim Buchanan's compact report covers the ABCs of purchase, siting, financing and other key subjects. It can be a very useful first step in your learning process. Buchanan's credentials include authorship of Ohio's Mobile Home Law and more than 20 years of publishing about the country's fastest growing housing sector.

This booklet is an obvious desktop publishing effort that has very little to offer. It takes about ten minutes to read, and the reader will come away wanting and needing far more information than this small booklet offers. Good information on this topic is hard to find, but don't bother buying this booklet.

I didn't read the book but I do have a question about a mobile home? I know someone who needs to move a mobile home to Kentucky from Michigan about 340 miles, but I can't find movers to do that. Can you help me find a list of movers so I can call for bids or have them call my friends dad at 517-434-5710. His name is Wesely McDavid. The problem they say that they are not license in those states. Thank you if you can help.