Anyone know if Lyric met his goal to buy the mobile home?

[akbacchus_BC]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Lyric is she, and I believe she did. n/t

[akbacchus_BC]

3. Thank you Peggy, am glad to hear that!

[Arugula Latte]

2. They reached the monetary goal, and the last I heard

the owner of the originally desired mobile home hadn't replied to the email, but they had been contacted by the owners of a bigger, newer mobile home in a good location, and the family was interested in pursuing that.

[akbacchus_BC]

4. Thank you so much for letting me know. Am so

happy for them. DU really supports each other in need.

[Arugula Latte]

5. I'm so happy for them as well!

It was a great example of DUers pulling together for a worthy cause. It shows that even a little bit from a lot of people, plus a lot from a few people, can really make all the difference.

[akbacchus_BC]

6. I know, it was a pleasure to be a part of the support team to

help them to realise their dream. We are the best!

[DesertFlower]

7. i agree. nt

[Suich]

8. Here:

http://www.gofundme.com/lyricshome

[akbacchus_BC]

9. Thank you, am so glad they got their home

[Lyric]

10. Yes I did! Current details here!

We finally heard back from our original seller, after two days of anxiety, thinking that someone else got it. The other couple's bid to buy the trailer fell through because they didn't pass the credit/background checks to live in the trailer park, so we are scheduled to do a walkthrough and inspection tomorrow. Then Ben has to submit to a background and credit check too, to see if we qualify to live there.

Firstly--that's kinda scary. I've never heard of having to have stellar credit to live in a trailer park before. Mine is awful thanks to.years of dire poverty before I met Ben, but Ben's is marginally better--around 640, we think, based on Credit Karma--so we're hoping that's good enough. The bad stuff on his report is all detritus from his divorce and his ex screwing things up for him. Of course all of our criminal background checks are perfectly fine. I've never even had a speeding ticket, and none of us has any sort of criminal history. I'm hoping that maybe that other couple failed the background check and not the credit check. *sigh* Oh well. Something else to agonize about I guess.

However, if we too fail to qualify to live in this apparently-elegant mobile home park, we do have a plan B and even a tentative plan C. We're talking to the owner of another home about buying it, on the same terms as the first. It's not in as great of a location, and they want $8000 for it instead of $4000, but it's a newer, larger home. Plan C involves looking for financing to buy a new mobile home and the land it would sit on, which is apparently (??) much easier to do than trying to finance a used one, because it's worth more if a buyer should default and the home and land must be repossessed. Not that we would--I just find it ironic that it might turn out to be easier to buy a brand-new trailer than to buy a used one. Go figure.

[alboe]

11. Best of luck, Lyric!

[RiverLover]

12. Be careful if you go to "plan C", Lyric. There's a reason its easier to buy new.

The mobile-home trap: How a Warren Buffett empire preys on the poor
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/the-mobile-home-trap-how-a-warren-buffett-empire-preys-on-the-poor/

[Lyric]

13. Yikes. We might have to find another plan C...

We certainly don't want to get trapped in a mess like *that*... :/

[quickesst]

14. Please be diligent

On your walkthrough, especially the floors. Check for soft spots, and pay extra attention to the outside borders, and any areas around water sources. Same for the ceiling. Check for water spots. Lots to look for when buying a mobile home, but these two things are key, and yes, I have lived, and currently live in a mobile home. I hate living in a mobile home park myself, and the day we make our last house payment it will be hooked up to a truck ready to go. Good luck with your move.

[missingthebigdog]

15. Any updates?

Fingers crossed that things are working out!

[likesmountains 52]

16. I was wondering the same thing.