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Originally Posted by looneycat

the main 'but' here is that most of the manufactured homes here are 30-40 years old. We had looked first on the 'historic' side and found problems (structural) with every home we looked at, I couldn't see moving into a home that would immediately need repairs. In the end we found that most good homes on that side wound up being 100k or more....so for a little more we bought a courtyard villa resale.

so glad that you found what you wanted and that you were not shopping for a home when mine came on the market! i believe as the good dr. posted - homes on the historic side are not as old as you make them out to be. and we all know that the for-sale homes one views are only those that are available at that given time - sorta like a photograph - what you see is what there is for sale at that time. painting the historic side resale market with the broad brush that you used does a disservice to anyone who would be looking for a house now and/or in the future.