If you're retiring and wanting to downsize your living arrangement, a mobile home park may not be on your list of areas to check out. Mobile home parks sometimes conjure up images of dirty streets and cluttered yards - not anywhere a person who is hou...

For some, it's a terrible truth: some people just don't want to live near children. Some of these are childfree people who don't have and don't want children. Others include retired people who have done their share of child-raising and now want to re...

Mesa is the most populous suburban city in the whole of the United States, yet most of us don't really know where it is! Well, now is a great time to find out because all through February and March, the twentieth anniversary of Renaissance revelry an...

RVing isn't necessarily known as the most environmentally friendly activity on the planet, but as many RV owners can attest, living in an RV is a great way to experience our beautiful environment, and it's an affordable way to enjoy your retirement. Bu...

Selling a mobile home often requires less work than a regular home, but the process can still be complicated. In order to get the highest return for your investment it's important to follow a few steps that can make things go more smoothly, and to keep...

Manufactured homes may be the best-kept investment secret in real estate. While many investors struggle to raise funds and pay taxes for a single high-end property, manufactured home investors can make easy money and gain quick equity on a collection o...

Well, it really isn't surprising that Christmas 2007 saw consumer spending down. The Commerce Department has released the consumer spending figures which show that spending was at its lowest ebb since June 2007 and that we spent 0.4% less at Christma...

It can be fun and exciting to go RVing, either as a vacation while you are still working, or as a part-time or full-time lifestyle after you retire. Here are a few pointers to make your RV journey safe and fun.Obviously, since a lot ...

As a general rule, complicated, busy patterns and bold colors make a space look cluttered or imposing. That's why there area few design rules to help make your small living space—be it an RV or mobile home—look bigger.When you ha...

Previously I wrote about having hanging baskets full of edibles as a way to enjoy gardening in a limited space such as a mobile home park, or even an apartment balcony. Here are a few more ideas for those with green thumbs. I recently met so...

It is totally possible to have fresh food you grew yourself, even if you live in a mobile home park with barely any un-paved earth to call your own. No, don't go digging up that tiny patch of lawn and getting yourself kicked out. I am referring to susp...

Well, mobile homes have come a long way in the past years. At one time the mere mention of a mobile home would conjure up images of a run-down box like construction that was in questionable shape. This old stereotype could not be further from the truth...

Home shows are the fuel of the real estate industry. No matter what kind of home you have there is the necessity of it's proper showing when up for sale. Different kinds of homes will automatically show differently. Smaller homes have to learn to maxim...

Choosing the place where you will spend your much deserved retirement is one of the most important choices that will have to make in later life. After all you have spent a lifetime out there working 9 to 5, bringing up kids, putting them through college. ...

So you have chosen to sell your home and are now wondering about how to attract buyers to your home. Beyond the work of your realtor there are numerous things that can be done to successfully attract buyers without carving a cavern in your wallet. Some...