Hi Karen,
I am not a lawyer or an expert but I have sold a mobile home that was located in a mobile home park. Being a real estate agent I took a deposit based on the application being accepted by the owner of the mobile home park. Without that clause, if you aren't approved by the park owner you are now the proud owner of a mobile home without a mobile home park. This means you would need to move it somewhere else. With what I learned about this, you own the mobile home whether the park approves you or not.
I hope this helps
Good luck,
Melinda Nicholson
610-762-9335
Prudential Patt White

Sun Jul 13 2008, 18:26

Hi Karen,
There a few questions it would be helpful to have answers to. Did you make a written offer to purchase, and has it been signed by the seller of the home? Do you have a real estate professional as YOUR agent, not just the seller's representative? Is the 'trailer' currently set up in a park/ or on a private lot? or is it a new "manufactured home" that you are intending to buy from a dealer?

As mentioned below, "what does your contract say?" Hopefully your contract has a "contingent on park approval" for the park where you hope to live. If the contract does not have that contingency in it, you may be facing breach of contract if you are not approved, and would then have to deal with the consequences of the terms to which you signed your agreement.
On the plus side, if you are a good credit risk and no criminal record, you should not have difficulty getting an approval.

Talk to your real estate agent about the options. An experienced agent will have answersd to your questions based on your particular circumstances.
Best wishes as you pursue home ownership.
PLease contact me if I can be of assistance.
Mim Heisey
Hale Real Estate
Shippensburg PA 17257
717-360-8808 cell #
717-532-2814 office #

Sun Jul 13 2008, 11:31

What you did was risky. I'm not a lawyer, so this isn't legal advice. However:

There are really two (or more than two) issues here. One is whether the park will approve your application. So, to the extent possible, you want to make sure that ou provide all the information the park asks for, in the manner they ask for it.

The second is your question "Do I have to pay for the trailer?" Again, I'm not a lawyer. However, that depends on how your contract with the owner was written. For example, you might have included a contingency in your agreement--something like: "Purchase of trailer is contingent upon approval by the park of purchaser's application within 30 days of submission of paperwork. If park fails to approve application within 30 days, purchase transaction shall be null and void and any deposit paid by buyer to seller shall be refunded in full within 10 days of written notice of approval failure."

I'm assuming there wasn't such a contingency in your agreement. On the other hand, did you sign an agreement making you responsible for purchasing the trailer regardless of whether your application was approved? Or is the contract totally silent on the matter?

If all you did was put an offer on a trailer, do you want to consider withdrawing your offer, then submitting a new one with a contingency of park approval? That's something you might consider.

Read your offer carefully. Consult with an attorney. And make your park application as "clean" as possible.

Hope that helps.

Sun Jul 13 2008, 10:22

I believe if you purchasing the trailer from a dealer they should be able to assist you with your questions.
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Sun Jul 13 2008, 09:33