Buying Land for a Prefab Home? The Most Important Things About Property for Modular and Manufactured Units

With so many people being priced out of the housing market these days, more and more homebuyers are considering prefabricated homes—also known as modular and manufactured homes.And the powers that be are getting wise to this. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a task force that accelerates manufactured housing development in October, while Congress codified changes to the sector in its 21st Century Road to Housing Act earlier in the year.The desire to ramp up a road to these kinds of home is understandable: Prefab houses are way less expensive than your typical home—and often just as beautiful. Indeed, many of today's models can be easily mistaken for a traditionally built home.Buying land to put a prefab home on is part of the adventure. Do you want to live on 40 lush acres in Stockton, MO? A desert oasis in Joshua Tree, CA? Or how about an off-grid lot in Grants Pass, OR? The possibilities are endless.If you're dreaming of buying a shiny, new modular or manufactured home, here's what you need to know before you purchase land to put it on.What's a prefab home?Prefabricated homes are constructed via an assembly line production in sections inside a factory an...