There are several modular home dealers. These modular home dealers include Champion Homes, Clayton Homes, Palm Harbor, All American Homes, and Modular Home Book.
One can view modular homes for sale on specialty sites such as MH Bay and Expo Homes. You can also find modular homes for sale on sites such as Craigslist.
Modular homes are built of kiln dried wood.
Modular homes can be a great investment if they are properly maintained and in a nice area.
There is no stigma for modular homes that I know of,but a lot of people are miss informed about modular construction. Most people are confusing mobile homes with modular homes and there is a stigma about mobile homes and mobile home parks. Another confusing part is the term that is used to describe mobile homes. The term "Manufactured Housing" has been adapted by the mobile home industry to alleviate the stigma of mobile homes. Of course uninformed people bundle modular homes in this mix since modular homes are constructed in a manufacturing facility and are transported, but that is where the similarity if any ends.
Modular homes are very sturdy in there construction when they are placed properly on a foundation.
Wisconsin homes
Many companies (especially in Canada) make modular log homes. Examples of these are Go Modular Homes, Timberblock, and American Log Crafters. Yankee Barn Post also makes these homes.
The company called "Nationwide Homes" builds Modular homes. Modular homes are prefabricated homes, made in a factory setting and then shipped to the building site where the parts are put together.
Types of housing in rural areas include single-family homes, farms, ranches, cottages, mobile homes, and modular homes. Additionally, some rural areas may have traditional housing such as cabins, log homes, and earth-sheltered houses.
All modular homes, must have inspection stickers by a third party engineering firm that is approved by the various States that a manufactures ship modular homes to. The labels then are inspected by the local Building Department Officials when the home is assembled and is ready for occupancy.
Geico offer modular home insurance, and it is not difficult if money is not problem.