Florida Manufactured Home Living

Florida Resort Living - Intro to MH Communities

Florida resort living provides an introduction to manufactured home resort communities. Florida manufactured home communities offer a great lifestyle coupled with affordable Florida homes. Living in a manufactured home community can fulfill your retirement dreams. Still called mobile homes by many, today's manufactured homes easily rival all other construction methods at lower cost. Purchased as a second home, it enables you to escape the frozen north to enjoy Florida community living. Are you looking for the best retirement home? This is it! Looking for affordable yet quality? Manufactured homes fill that need. Want days full of activities and dozens of new friends? Come on down!

Why live in a Manufactured Housing Resort?

Manufactured housing resorts provide many with a Goldilocks solution to the problem of choosing a Florida retirement home. These communities are not just for retirees. Anyone looking for an active lifestyle should consider this option. Florida resort living in a manufactured home is an economical alternative that has met the needs and dreams of hundreds of thousands. Called mobile home parks for many years, these were hidden gems. Living in a manufactured home community offers companionship, fun, added security, and many more benefits. This includes land lease and resident owned communities, as well as some manufactured home subdivisions. Join me for a quick look at the advantages of living in one of these communities. 

Resident Owned Mobile Home Parks

Resident Owned Mobile Home Parks offer an alternative to paying lot rent. They are another option in 55 plus manufactured housing communities in Florida. We look at the choices, advantages, and disadvantages of this option for Florida manufactured homes. Subdivisions are the best bet if looking for an all ages mobile home park. Snowbirds may find this a desirable alternative to land-lease. Manufactured homes are the last bargain left in affordable housing for Florida retirement communities. Used mobile homes & manufactured homes are widely available. The opportunity to place new homes in these communities also exists. If you are buying a mobile home, checking mobile home prices, or just looking for a 55 community; this is a good place to start.   

Buying a Manufactured Home – Bargain Florida Homes

Buying a Manufactured Home – Bargain Florida Homes explores this further while answering many questions on mobile home parks in Florida, differences by manufacture dates, and much more. I offer some tips on buying a mobile or manufactured home and disclose some of my personal lessons learned while buying and selling three of them. Used mobile homes for sale in Florida offers an opportunity for independent living. Manufactured housing communities offer a wonderful lifestyle. They are some of the best retirement communities in Florida. Join us as we further explore what you need to know to take advantage of these opportunities in manufactured housing.

Florida Mobile Home Parks - Manufactured Housing

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  Florida mobile home parks represent one of the few bargains left in Florida homes for sale. Manufactured homes help make this possible. Join us as we look at why size matters in community living. Florida retirement communities, often referred to as 55 plus communities, come in all sizes. The very largest of parks are all 55 communities but from very large to tiny, all ages mobile home parks exist as well. Size considerations apply to resident owned mobile home parks too. As a bonus, I provide some tips to help you determine the character of the community within the Park. 

Florida Mobile Home Parks – Manufactured Housing

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Florida mobile home parks represent one of the few bargains left in Florida homes for sale. Manufactured homes help make this possible. Join us as we look at why location matters in community living. Florida retirement communities, often referred to as 55 plus communities, are found throughout the state. Many are all 55 communities but all ages mobile home parks exist as well. Location considerations apply to resident owned mobile home parks too! As a bonus, we will disclose a new resource, asked for by a subscriber.

Florida Mobile Home Parks – Manufactured Housing

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Florida Mobile Home Parks are where you will find affordable community living in manufactured housing. The 55 plus Florida retirement communities are a great way to reap the benefits of your working years.  New or used mobile homes (really Manufactured Homes!) are available at bargain prices. In this segment we discuss the relationship between resident and park owner in both ROC and Land-Lease communities. It is another piece of the puzzle you must assemble in order to Know the Deal! Many move to 55 plus communities in Florida with no understanding of how they work or what they are agreeing to. Manufactured homes in Florida are a great bargain and independent senior living in 55+ communities is the answer for a lot of folks. But, you must Know the Deal and determine if it meets your retirement dreams and financial capabilities.

Florida Mobile Home Parks – Manufactured Housing - HOAs

Florida Mobile Home Parks are where you will find affordable community living in manufactured housing. The 55 plus Florida retirement communities are a great way to reap the benefits of your working years. New or used mobile homes (really Manufactured Homes!) are available at bargain prices. In this segment, we discuss the HOA in both ROC and Land-Lease communities. It is another piece of the puzzle you must assemble in order to Know the Deal! Many move to 55 plus communities in Florida with no understanding of how they work or what they are agreeing to. Manufactured homes in Florida are a great bargain and independent senior living in 55+ communities is the answer for a lot of folks. But, you must Know the Deal and determine if it meets your retirement dreams and financial capabilities.

55 plus Manufactured Home Communities in Florida

55+ manufactured home communities in Florida reviews the 55 plus exemption used by many retirement communities. This term is often seen when looking at Florida homes for sale. It is used with regard to mobile home parks, resident owned communities, condominiums, manufactured home communities, and senior apartments. Frequently, even those living in 55 communities do not completely understand the rules. Another misconception we tackle is that these are sleepy villages of sedentary folks. Last, we offer a few tips on finding a community that meets your retirement dream. 

Florida Mobile Homes for Sale – Know the Deal

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Buying a manufactured home in Florida differs from many other states. All Florida mobile homes for sale in land lease parks will come with a prospectus. Join us for an explanation of this document. Reading and understanding the prospectus is a very important part of knowing the deal. Florida mobile home parks, where you pay mobile home park lot rent, are governed under a separate Florida statute. They use the same documents in 55+ communities and all age communities. This is part one in a series explaining the deal in land lease Parks.

Florida Mobile Homes for Sale – Know the Deal

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All Florida mobile homes for sale in land lease parks will come with a prospectus. Attached to that prospectus will be the Park rules. Resident owned communities have quite similar rules. Reading and understanding the rules is a very important part of knowing the deal. This is part two in a series helping you to know the deal in Florida mobile home parks.

What is Lot Rent?

Most of Florida’s manufactured home parks in the resort category are land lease or resident owned communities. Often the choice of communities is based upon the lot rent. But what is lot rent? In this video we explain lot rent, how it increases over time, and some things to look for when doing park comparisons. If you are looking for the best retirement home and the phrase “affordable yet quality” comes to mind, these communities may meet your needs. Living in a manufactured home community has many advantages. Lot rent is just one piece of an overall picture regarding costs. In this video you will learn what lot rent is and how to compare it from park to park. Before you choose your Florida retirement home, you should first choose the community you will live in. Understanding lot rent will help with that choice..