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Should You Buy A Mobile Home?
Don't buy a mobile home if prices for houses in the area are just as low. Believe it or not, this is the case in some areas. We bought a house near Alberta for $17,500 - less than mobile homes for sale there.
Houses do generally hold up better. Then there are the issues of whether your own needs and predjudices will let you be comfortable in a mobile home in Alberta. They are sometimes for sale in areas you don't want to live in (Certainly true of houses as well). These are personal things you have to consider.
The advantages are clear for many young people starting out in Alberta. It may be their only option, but it may be your better option. Besides a lower initial price, you get simpler, cheaper maintainance, lower monthly payments, less property tax, less for insurance, and faster equity build-up. So don't automatically pass on those mobile homes for sale when you're out home-hunting.
Alberta Mobile homes are cheaper to maintain. Years ago I had a mobile home as a rental in Alberta, and the furnace in it died. This is the most expensive repair you'll have in a mobile. I had to replace it for $1,200, but that was still less than a furnace for a larger home. Consider that for $200 you can tar the roof of your home, or $30 if you do it yourself, instead of $5,000 to re-shingle a traditional roof. The windows, plumbing, doors - all cheaper.
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