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The only thing special about a mobile home is that usually (non-mobile-home) you either rent or own land+house as a bundle, not rent land and own house (or the
by fjsolwmv 7y ago
The only thing special about a mobile home is that usually (non-mobile-home) you either rent or own land+house as a bundle, not rent land and own house (or the far less common vice versa). Besides that it's just the classic trade-off between owning and renting, paying for liquidity. Is owning better in general? Probably, because it has powerful rights in a finite world. Even home owners are subject to disposession due to HOA/COA, property tax, and condemnation/eminent-domain.
- hprotagonist 7y agoOnce your doublewide is up on cinder blocks and functionally immovable / hasn't rolled in 20 years, things do actually get more complicated. "this is my land, you're tresspassing, get that "mobile structure" off in 24 hours or you'll be arrested" is not something you can do to a renter with quite the same level of cruelty.
- lazyasciiart 7y agoAs far as I'm aware, mobile home owners have renters rights on the land, which means you can't exactly do that to them either.
- abfan1127 7y agoits usually handled as "you're evicted. To cover back rent, we take ownership of your stuff including your trailer. Once we sell your stuff, you may have any proceeds after back rent and fees are paid."