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re: an "efficient" mobile home?
20 sep 2005
neon john wrote:
>...the only time buying a trailer makes sense is if you buy used or
>repo'd, negotiate a rock-bottom price, then pay cash. i'd pay no more
>than $3-5k for one. a trailer is something you use up, then dispose
>of like a car. buy it as cheaply as possible and regard it as a
>starter toward owning a real home.
i don't understand why mobile homes depreciate so much. is it mostly
a matter of tradition? i suppose a lot of them are poorly built with
poor materials and allowed to develop roof leaks and so on, but why
would a well-built and well-maintained mobile home lose so much value
over time?
nick
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