How to Sell a Mobile Home: Steps for Owners

Lot rent pays for the site when you do not own the land. A community can also charge for shared services, amenities and utilities. Put your rental agreement beside your ownership papers. The buyer needs to understand the home and the site arrangement separately. Tell the buyer whether the home will stay or move.

A home sold together with its land sells as real estate, usually through a title company, closing attorney or real estate agent. We do not pass those requests on. Only when the land is excluded can you use this form for a home on land you own. Check the ownership record first; a home converted to real property can need more paperwork.

Your ownership paper is not always called a title. Texas uses a Statement of Ownership. Michigan uses a Certificate of Manufactured Home Ownership or Certificate of Mobile Home Title. Start with your state page to get the agency and document name before filling out a form from another state.

The title-transfer guide explains replacement documents, liens and state differences. A bill of sale records the transaction, but it does not finish a required ownership filing. Check with the titling agency, your park office or a tax professional about the requirements that apply to your sale.

The Census Bureau's new-home price figures describe new manufactured homes. They do not tell you what your used home will sell for. The calculator applies its stated rule of thumb to produce a rough range, with the land excluded.

Write down the repairs you know about before discussing price. Tell the buyer about title problems and the lot agreement too. If the home can stay, ask what park approval is needed. If it must move, ask who arranges and pays for removal.

A cash sale skips listing, showings and buyer financing. For a dealer trade-in, ask how it fits your replacement-home purchase. Selling by owner leaves inquiries and sale arrangements with you. An agent listing is another route where the home and transaction qualify. Read the realtor guide for that distinction. Ask about each route's services, costs and paperwork before agreeing.

For a home sold without land, the short form sends your request to a buyer in our network who buys in your area and contacts you. You learn the buyer's name before that conversation. After reviewing your home, the buyer chooses whether to offer. You deal with the buyer directly and can accept or decline any offer.

In covered South Carolina parks, approval is automatic unless the purchaser gets written notice within 15 days of the written residency application. California allows prior approval on statutory grounds and generally protects in-place sales, with exceptions. Use the rules for the state where your home sits.

Your state page explains the selling rules for your location. If the home must move, read the moving-cost guide before assigning that work. Ask who gets the road permits and tax papers, prepares the home and handles installation. Put those tasks in writing instead of leaving removal undefined.

The bill-of-sale guide covers the names, home details, date, price, condition terms and signatures. Read it alongside the title-transfer guide. South Carolina needs a separate bill of sale if the title has no bill-of-sale section. Tennessee's title-only checklist calls for a bill of sale with the assigned title.

Agree on the handover date and who handles any remaining lot or moving work. The title, park requirements and buyer can all affect the schedule. Keep the terms the same across the bill of sale, ownership application and moving agreement.