What you need to know when shopping for a home.

What is the Real Cost?

Many manufactured home sales offices not only make a good profit on the home, but they also make a great deal of profit off of the options. You may find that the retail location you are thinking of getting your home from has a low price on the home, but when you add your options they are actually substantially higher than other companies. You want to get a complete price of the home in order to compare actual pricing. When the sales person says the price includes transportation and set up find out the detail as to what that entails (Does it include sales tax, skirting, piers and pads, foundation, close up of the home, how many miles does the transportation cover etc...).

Some retailers require you to put up a deposit to get a full price quote, and in some instances they do not have to return your deposit if you decide to purchase the home from a different company.

Make sure your sales agent is willing to sit down and answer all of your questions.

Is your sales agent willing to help you put together a full cost breakdown? You do not want to go over your construction budget.

The key is to compare apples to apples, make sure the homes you are comparing have similar standard and optional features.