Where to Find Grants and Free Money For First Time Homebuyers
-- Home Equity Loans Pa - Wed 07/28/10 11:44:15 am --
 If you or someone you know is trying to become a first-time homeowner, and you don’t have a high salary or a lot of savings, there is financial assistance available if you lack a large down-payment or enough money for closing costs.
Over the past decade there has been a surge in first-time homebuyer initiatives designed to give people a helping hand in overcoming the down payment dilemma....
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Champion's got it 'going'
-- York-News Times - Tue 07/27/10 05:40:43 am --
 YORK — It’s been a long, winding path for the Champion Homes plant since its 1962 beginnings in York, but perhaps no other era in its history has seen more product diversity, innovation and skill than right now.
The plant is in the oldest existing division of Champion, which since March of this year has operated within a new company, Champion Homebuilders Inc.....
.....Day beats th...
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Colorado Manufactured Home Community Rent Survey Summaries
-- by John Turzer - Sat 07/24/10 10:30:06 am --
The following is a summary of our July 2010 Colorado Manufactured Home Community rent surveys. Occupancy numbers DO NOT INCLUDE repossessed homes as reported by the on-site personnel. Our comments on each market (below) include the number of repossessed homes. Please feel free to share this information with your staff and associates. As always, just call us at 808-283-3...
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Washington Mobile Home Park Owners Barred from Frequent Rent Hikes
-- SEATTLEPI.COM - Fri 07/23/10 10:50:07 pm --
Landlords of mobile homes across the state will no longer be able to raise rents suddenly and frequently, after a settlement was signed Friday in a long-running, class-action suit in King County.
The settlement, which affects thousands of people, requires mobile-home park owners to stop using contracts that had allowed them to automatically convert an annual lease to a month-to-month c...
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Survey Finds That Majority Of Housing Markets Are Improving From Last Year
-- NuWire Investor - Thu 07/22/10 07:27:07 pm --
 Buyers looking to close on home sales in time to collect the homebuyer tax credit pushed existing home sales up in June 5.6% compared to the same month a year ago, according to a monthly survey of 54 metro areas conducted by the national brokerage chain ReMax.
In addition, Denver-based ReMax said home sales prices were up 3.5% year-over-year. Compared to May, transaction volume was up 7.2...
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Community living gives the word 'neighborhood' a whole new meaning
-- Michigan Manufactured Housing Association - Tue 07/20/10 09:30:10 am --
Land-lease communities provide homeowners with affordable
housing in a great neighborhood environment. Residents own their homes, but
lease their home sites, freeing their budgets from the additional expense of
land ownership. Community living offers many advantages over private
dwellings. Residents enjoy all of the features and services that community
liv...
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Who Creates a Budget for a MH Community?
-- by Chrissy Jackson - Tue 07/20/10 09:16:15 am --
 Depending on the size of your community, and the overall size of the company that owns the community, the number of people involved in creating a budget can vary from one to as many as ten or more. And, if there is a board of directors who must approve the final product, their input, while not used in the actual creation of the budget, might change the final product.
In the situation where the...
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10 Tips For Buying Manufactured Homeowners Insurance
-- MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES - Tue 07/20/10 09:05:27 am --
The price you
pay for your homeowners insurance can vary by hundreds of dollars, depending on
the insurance company you buy your policy from. Here are ten tips to consider
when buying homeowners insurance that could help you lower your premiums.
Tip 1: Ra...
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How to Cut Heating and Cooling Costs without Cutting Comfort
-- SAVE MONEY & STAY ON BUDGET - Tue 07/20/10 08:55:03 am --
(ARA) -- Heating and
cooling systems account for 56 percent of energy used in a typical home, making
it the largest energy expense for most households, according to the U.S.
Department of Energy. Making smarter decisions about your heating, ventilation
and air conditioning (HVAC) system can help you save money on your monthly
util...
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Four Leaf Properties Reports Robust Sales Gains in Q2. Manufactured housing sector outlook very positive for remainder of 2010.
-- PRNewswire - Tue 07/20/10 08:34:42 am --
CHICAGO, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Four Leaf Properties, a
privately held manufactured housing community owner and operator, today
announced its second quarter sales figures and provided future guidance for the
year. For the second quarter (Apr-Jun), the company posted a 2.5% increase in
occupancy across its portfolio for a net gain (less repos and move outs) of 53...
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Reverse Mortgage Myths vs Facts
-- - Thu 07/15/10 11:12:42 pm --
 I would be selling my house to the bank
My heirs won't inherit anything
I might "outlive" the loan
I could get forced out of my home
Social Security and Medicare will be affected
I would have to pay taxes on the reverse mortgage
There are big out-of-pocket expenses
A reverse mortgage is similar to a home equity loan
1. I would be selling my house to the bank...
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Cost Spread Between Owning a Home and Renting is Narrowing
-- HOUSINGWIRE - Thu 07/15/10 11:04:30 pm --
 With mortgage rates at record lows and housing markets stuffed to the gills with cheap distressed properties that's led to declining home prices, the cost to own a home is sometimes cheaper than renting an apartment in many markets, according to analysts at Credit Suisse.
While a segment of the renting population continues to rent, many are looking to dip their toes in the homeownership w...
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Invest in Multi-Family Properties with a Self-Directed IRA
-- NuWire Investor - Thu 07/15/10 10:44:12 pm --
 Make self-directed IRA investments in multi-family properties and more without distribution penalties A self-directed IRA through Guidant Financial Group gives you true mastery of the money in your retirement plan. With the ease of writing a check, you can make both alternative and traditional investments within the same account...and save thousands in traditional transaction and asset-based fe...
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Using Seller Financing In A 1031 Exchange
-- 1031 Exchange Strategies - Thu 07/15/10 09:59:37 pm --
 When an Exchanger elects to carry back a Note on the relinquished property (the sale or Phase I Property), there are basically two options for treatment of the Note:
(1) DO NOT include the Note in the exchange and pay any taxes that may be due. The Exchanger would receive the Note as the Beneficiary at the closing and pay taxes on this portion of the capital gain under the Installment method (a...
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8 Ways to Reduce Rental Vacancy Rates
-- ezLandlordForms.com - Wed 07/14/10 07:42:14 pm --
 Vacant rental properties can certainly be compared to a migraine headache, a pounding headache that will only be cured by one remedy- a paying tenant. Hazard insurance, mortgage payments, property taxes, utilities, break-ins, vandalism, maintenance, and landscaping are many of the costs associated with vacant rental properties. Reducing your vacancy rates to a bare minimum is extremely importan...
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Landlord Rights
-- by Teo Zhenjie - Wed 07/14/10 12:30:40 am --
 Just because they don't know their landlord rights well enough, too many rental property owners suffer from painful mistakes and unnecessary. Find out your rights as a landlord today so that you can manage your tenants easily and smoothly.
What are Your Landlord Rights for Collecting Rent Payments?
As a landlord you have the right to collect rent payments from y...
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Can We Paint a Bright Future for Manufactured Housing?
-- Richard Scott Imus - Tue 07/13/10 11:45:18 pm --
 With the downturn in the economy and the collapse of home prices it has more than a few people worried and left scratching their heads. The question we all have is will it ever make a turn for the better and what will that turn look like? What aided the collapse and can we learn how to prevent such a collapse from happening again? Although the manufactured Home Industry has declined, the Manufactu...
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The Importance Of Price And How To Stay In This Business Forever
-- by Jason Hanson - Sun 07/11/10 06:54:18 pm --
Here’s a good quote from Barry Ritholtz author of "Bailout Nation.” I’ve never read the book, but I like what he had to say about this: Always remember that price is the most important aspect of an investment. Today we keep hearing people talk about "toxic paper" on bank balance sheets. W...
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Home Builders Construct Modular Homes to Reduce Harmful Effects on the Environment
-- TMC NEWS - Sun 07/11/10 02:27:33 pm --
Today, the concept of going green is taking center stage in all industries and social circles.
People all over the world are becoming more conscious of the harmful effects they make on the environment and are world now seeking methods to reuse utilities so as to make the world a better place.
Modular home builders started to pay attention to this scenario by implementing several g...
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The Importance of Keyword Research and Analysis
-- JABASPHERE - Sat 07/10/10 01:54:02 pm --
 I recently met with a company owner that offers manufactured homes (better known as mobile houses). The corporation is established and has decent branding, but does not have a Web site (thus the reason I was there). Initial conferences with our potential customers usually involve quite a bit of analysis into the business, their primary target audience, and brainstorming about prospective keywor...
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