Interesting how professionally you inspect a local crack house with a straight face. Kudos my man. Respect.

We lived in a mobile home for about 10 years. It was my first home and we had an issue with sagging floor in the bathroom. We had someone come out and sure enough, there was a slow water leak in the shower that was rotting the subfloor. He came in, completely replaced the subfloor. I asked him to replace the subfloor in the hallway and bedroom that boarded up against the bathroom, just to be sure. Of course the new sub floor was superior to the previous. Mobile homes have their place but you really need to be aggressive with care.

A well pump sitting on shag carpet? I can smell that from here...

I purchased 15 year old single wide when I was 18 - I didn’t have any parental guidance or help with the process. It was a cute little house, but it had its issues. Water intrusion being the biggest and ongoing. The roof would rot, the subfloor rotted out… it was just impossible to keep up with everything the water would get to and ruin. The electric was so sensitive - I couldn’t run any one major appliance when another was going or the breaker would flip. The HVAC was non-existent, had to use window units and portable heaters. It was just always something! I will say though, I had a roommate throughout the five years I lived there that covered the lot rent and utilities, so I lived there basically for free and that allowed me to save up a hefty amount to put down on a “real” home five years later. Also, I’d gotten it for $13k cash and sold it for $12k cash, so… the good outweighed the bad. The labor to fix it up was cheap bc half of the ‘hood were day-laborers. Now, would I ever recommend purchasing one - heck no! Especially if you have to rent the land underneath it!!

I’m learning so much from your channel. I do not plan on selling my home any time soon, but this is great for knowing what to look for before problems get really bad. Thank you for the free education!

Structural carpet, lol.

I was doing home inspections in Florida in 2006-2008 My idiot home flipper PTSD is being triggered by all your amazing videos!! I've been watching them for 2 hours now lol

Up here in Canada, in 2022, the Insurance Institute brought in a change to their insurance guidelines, that brought in the termination of coverage when a 'mobile home' reached 50 years of age, they would not be insurable. That meant, no mortgage would be lent by banks, and no occupancy permits issued. Effectively, those homes suddenly became worthless.

And that last window had a big ol' crack with tape on it.

Well on to plan…G? There have been so many in trying to find something I can afford that I am losing track. And hope. 🤦🏼‍♀️. But am very grateful to learn what to avoid from you instead of after the fact when a place falls apart around me. 👍

I'm appalled that anyone would even hire an inspector for that. Are they that naive?

Always look at the water meter with the house empty. Super easy and it will tell you if there's a leak somewhere on the property or in the house very quickly.

Oh, there's another name for mobile homes that derives from the way they are transported to the site. We call them wobble boxes.

That was not a panic room, that was a prison.

So someone is selling that? OMG

tyvm

That is just nasty.

Looks like the place was a grow house.

Oh my 😳😳😳

That place isn’t even good for firewood….

The most egregious part about that house os the carpet choice 🤢 yuck

Cheap fix is to start a fire near an outlet so it is labeled as an electrical fire.

This trailer is what matches are for.

That wasn't a panic room. It was a gun closet. It's pretty common were I'm from.

Problem Number One... It's a mobile home.

Don't flippers have an initial inspector to see if they can flip it within their budget and may by make a profit??

The only thing worth keeping is the doorknob…

Someone has supposedly done that house up to sell? It looks like it’s an how we used to live museum, it’s so old fashioned. Where did they get the tartan table cloth? The ancient flooring, the wallpaper that needed to go. I’m not an expert, but I can’t imagine it’s a good idea for people with no knowledge buying homes, trying to fix them cheaply & quickly to make a profit. I know basic diy, would I put up a shelf myself? Nope, I don’t have the tools or knowledge. What do I know about leaks, insulation? I know leaks are bad, leeks however are a vegetable, insulation my entire knowledge is you need it so you don’t freeze & spend almost your whole income on heating bills

cut out the MDF sub floor and replace it with high quality plywood. New mobile homes the MDF subfloor is 1 inch thick but still shit compared to 3/4 plywood... osb would still be better then mdf.

That place is a sh!thole. Last year I bought a 1972 Hacienda 2 bedroom 2 bath mobile home from the original owner, lived in it their whole life. It had a few minor issues (like dated interior and ONE tiny spot of water intrusion) but beyond that it was immaculate for the year and has been lovingly maintained. The entire sub-floor has been changed to 1 inch sealed plywood and its rock solid, I've gone over every square inch of it with a fine tooth comb and after watching this video and many others I got VERY lucky. Unfortunately the neighborhood is less than ideal but I paid almost nothing for it so it is what it is, my monthly payment is peanuts compared to what I was paying in rent and I own this one so it'll give me time to save money for an actual home

That trailer is worth less than your charge for inspection.....rather live in a wet cardboard box....on the up side you can probably get the government to buy it for top dollar for an illegal to own....

everyone doesn't do weed. why would you say that?

Preston, are you dissing other home inspectors on X (Twitter) or other platforms? That's bad news.