Trisha Bush-LeFore
Preferred Properties Land & Homes - Walla Walla, WA
Providing Realtor Services in the Walla Walla Area

John,

Great educational information on manufactured home foundations. We have quite a few in our area so learning what is needed is essential.

Jan 13, 2014 01:42 AM
John DL Arendsen
CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments - Leucadia, CA
Crest Backyard Homes "ADU" dealer & Contractor

You're welcome Trisha. We've done tons of foundation and engineered certification work all over Washington and Oregon.

Jan 13, 2014 05:54 AM
Gabrielle Kamahele Rhind
KGC Properties LLC, Tucson Property Management & Real Estate - Tucson, AZ
Broker/Owner

GOOD MORNING JOHN ... now this is a unique blog -- mostly about MHs! There is a lot to learn and know about the topic - we have MH subdivisions in Tucson, and even some "prefab" as they are called on Mt Lemmon - and that in itself takes some interesting foundation work to prepare for erosion and being on hillsides, etc.

Jan 13, 2014 07:45 PM
John F Muscarella
RIVER FARM PROPERTIES, LLC - Venice, FL
Broker/Owner, Venice, FL, Florida's Suncoast

Very interested in this topic and thanks for posting.  I will check out your other posts as well.

Jan 13, 2014 07:56 PM
John DL Arendsen
CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments - Leucadia, CA
Crest Backyard Homes "ADU" dealer & Contractor

Hi Gabrielle, We have done a tremendous amount of work in both foundation retrofitting and engineered certification over the years. In fact I actually have an inactive Manufactured Home Contractors license for AZ. We slowed down on actual hands on retrofitting because we found a local conractor that could to them for us. However, we do still have some engineered certification and affidavit of affixture business in AZ.

Jan 13, 2014 11:25 PM
John DL Arendsen
CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments - Leucadia, CA
Crest Backyard Homes "ADU" dealer & Contractor

BTW Gabrielle let us know if we can ever be of service to you. I love your name.

Jan 13, 2014 11:26 PM
John DL Arendsen
CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments - Leucadia, CA
Crest Backyard Homes "ADU" dealer & Contractor

Hi John, below is a list of the complete series I've posted to date. I will continue on this subject through the end of January. If you ever have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out. You can always call me on my cell at 760 815-6977.

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Jan 13, 2014 11:29 PM
Eric Galuppo
Real Estate Rev - More Leads Means More Revenue

Hi John! I’ve enjoyed reading your posts about manufactured home. I don’t have enough info about this type of home so thanks because I’ve got additional knowledge from you today. Thanks~

Jan 21, 2014 05:12 PM
John DL Arendsen
CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments - Leucadia, CA
Crest Backyard Homes "ADU" dealer & Contractor

You're welcome Eric. I'll make you an associate. Maybe that will help keep you in the loop.

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Darin Redding

Thanks John.Appreciate the detailed information about foundation retrofitting for manufactured homes, and the 433A conversion process. Many lenders, real estate agents, and the public in general are often not clear on this process.

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