Virginia mobile home guides

In Virginia a manufactured home that has not been converted to real property is titled through the DMV, much like a vehicle. Transferring it means signing over a certificate of title, not recording a deed.

Virginia law lets the owner of a manufactured home affixed to their own land surrender the DMV title and have the home treated as part of the real estate. This is the single biggest fork in the road for Virginia mobile home sellers.

Mobile home sellers are targeted precisely because the homes are low-value, the paperwork is unfamiliar, and sellers are often under pressure. These are the patterns worth knowing.

How your mobile home is taxed in Virginia tells you a great deal about its legal status. And your tax bill is often the fastest way to find out whether the home is personal property or real property.

There is no statewide number. A 1998 double-wide on five acres in Bedford County and the same home on a rented lot in Wise County are not remotely the same asset.

We buy homes for cash, and we still think a good number of Virginia sellers should list instead. Here is how to tell which group you are in.

Understanding who can actually buy your home explains almost everything about the price you will be offered.

Moving a mobile home is not like moving furniture. For many older Virginia homes it is not economically or physically possible, and knowing that early prevents a lot of wasted effort.

If you own a manufactured home and rent the lot underneath it, Virginia has a statute written specifically for your situation, separate from ordinary residential landlord-tenant law.