Titles and Liens
Is This Mobile Home's Title Clean? A State-by-State Lien and Tax Check
Before you pay for a used mobile home, check its title for liens and unpaid taxes. A checklist for Texas, Florida and California.
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Flip Taxes
House Flip Profits: Ordinary Income or Capital Gains? The Dealer vs. Investor Tax Trap
Dealer or investor? The same $60,000 flip profit, taxed three ways at 2025 federal rates, with the dollar difference.
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Converting a Mobile Home Title from Personal Property to Real Property
A practical title-conversion checklist, including the different Illinois and Mississippi routes from a personal-property title to real property.
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Chattel Loan vs. Real-Property Mortgage: What a Manufactured Home Actually Costs to Finance
What choosing a chattel loan over a real-property mortgage does to your rate, term, monthly payment and odds of approval, with a $100,000 example.
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65%, 70% or 75%? Choosing the Multiplier for a House Flip Offer
One $300,000 example deal, three multipliers: how much each 5-point move changes your maximum offer, and which deals call for which.
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The Ethics Equation: Navigating Profit and Impact in the Flipping Game
Discusses the ethical considerations of flipping, including gentrification and displacement of residents, alongside the underlying profit motive.
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Mobile Home Mania: Reality Check on the Affordable Housing Play
Examines the claim that mobile home investing is a recession-resistant niche driven by ongoing demand for affordable housing in the United States.
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Navigating the 2025 Flip Market: Rates, Reality, and Resilience
Looks at how interest rates and shifting 2025 market conditions affect real estate and mobile home flipping strategy, and how to stay resilient.
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The Code: Essential Lessons Forged in the Fires of Flipping
Summarizes recurring lessons drawn from earlier posts about both successful and failed mobile home flips, framed as core operating principles.
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Lessons Paid in Blood (Money): Autopsies of Flip Failures
Analyzes how mobile home flips fail, with a worked example of a thin-margin deal and the recurring mistakes that most often sink investors on a first deal.
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