Completely revised and updated!
The Grissim Ratings Guide to Manufactured HomesThe essential buyer’s resource, listing every builder in the U.S., their histories, products, price ranges, construction ratings, need-to-know information and much more
96 pages, soft cover, 1 illustration, 3-page table
At last, the first consumer ratings guide to every manufactured home builder and their brands, with at-a-glance listings that provide key information home shoppers need to make an informed buying decision. Widely considered the most complete, authoritative, and reliable source of independent information on manufactured homes in America.
All 83 U.S. builders evaluated
More than 300 brands and series described
Plus an annotated construction rating chart with 56 criteria you can use to evaluate any home — before you buy.
Click here to learn more about the Ratings GuideJohn Grissim’s bestselling the Grissim Buyer’s Guide to Manufactured Homes & Land has been hailed as the definitive resource for navigating the tricky waters of the manufactured home marketplace. Now, he has written a companion guide that takes a close look at every manufacturer and the brands they build, providing up-to-date, essential information together with authoritative, no-nonsense insights that have make him a respected industry observer and voice for the home-buying consumer.
“An invaluable reference...unquestionably the most detailed and comprehensive guide to manufactured home builders available to potential home buyers.” Bill White, author, Guide to Mobile Homes (a.k.a. manufactured homes), National Consumer Law Center Press
“An essential companion resource to his Buyer’s Guide...pulls no punches...tells it like it is...strongly recommended. The potential home buyer will be best served by purchasing both books.” The St. Petersburg Times (Fla.)
Second edition—Revised and Updated!
The Grissim Buyer’s Guide to Manufactured Homes & Land
How to find a reputable dealer and negotiate a fair price on the best-kept secret in American housing
The #1 bestselling consumer guide in America on manufactured homes, written by veteran journalist and consumer advocate John Grissim, himself a manufactured home owner.
This new edition contains many revisions, up-dates and new material that make this invaluable resource even more useful to home shoppers.
192 pages, soft cover, 66 illustrations, 2 tables
Click here to learn more about the Buyer’s Guide
Forget everything you’ve thought about “mobile homes.” Manufactured homes (as they are now called), have come a long way from their trailer house origins. the construction quality and appearance of many brands are as good or better than conventional homes, and they can be sited and ready for move-in in far less time, often at significant savings. Yet for all their advances, manufactured homes are still most sold like cars; through street dealerships. True, most are reputable, but historically shady dealings, fraud and misrepresentation have been all too common.
In this comprehensive book, John Grissim, author of the bestselling Grissim Ratings Guide to Manufactured Homes, give you everything you need to safely—and successfully—navigate the tricky waters of the manufactured home marketplace. He explains how the manufactured home industry operates, how to find a dealer worthy of your trust, how to make the right home selection, and, as important, how to be informed, empowered and swindle-proof.
Exhaustively researched, with extensive input from both industry insiders and consumer advocates, this guide contains much information that retailers, even the good guys, don’t want you to know.
“Outstanding research...jam-packed with information and advice...Fair and balanced....Will save money, time, effort and frustration.”— St. Petersburg Times
“Finally, consumers have a detailed map of the manufactured home marketplace... Presents a huge amount of sophisticated information... above all, [how to] negotiate a fair deal.. —Shelterforce magazine
Buyer's Guide is also available as a digital e-Book
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SPECIAL DOUBLE BOOK OFFER
Buy the print editions of both books together for just $44.95 (plus $6.50 S&H) and save $16.45—a 22% savings! That’s over 300 pages of essential information, product evaluations and no-nonsense insights. Books are promptly shipped by Priority Mail. Allow 3-4 days for delivery.