Selling a mobile home in a park
You can sell a mobile home that sits in a park even though you do not own the land. I buy that home only, if it can be moved, and the park still owns the lot and charges the lot rent. Moving the home is a different job from selling it where it stands, and most parks have to approve whoever keeps a home on the lot.
This is how these sales usually work. It is not legal advice, and the park's rules control what the park will allow.
The sale is the home, not the lot
In a park you own the home. The park owns the land. My offer on a park home is for the home only. I am not buying the lot, and I am not taking over the park's business. If the home can be moved, I can look at buying it and leaving it where it is, when the park will allow that.
If the land is yours, this is the wrong page. I do buy land or a lot with an old mobile home on it, and I buy a lot that already has water, septic or sewer, and electric. That sale is described on the page about selling land with an old mobile home in Texas.
Lot rent
Lot rent is what you pay the park for the site. It is not part of the price of the home, and I do not collect it. While we are talking, your agreement with the park is still yours. If the rent is behind, or the park has posted a notice, put that in the form. I would rather know before I drive out. Being behind does not mean I will refuse to look. It does change the offer, because the park may be owed money before anyone new stays on the lot.
Park approval and park rules
Parks set their own rules. Age of the home, pets, the number of people, and who they will accept as the next resident are park decisions. A lot of parks have to approve a new buyer or resident even when you own the home outright. I cannot waive that. If the park will not let the home stay, an offer to buy it in place does not work, and the remaining choice is whether the home can be moved.
Tell me the park name and the city or county. If the manager has already said the home cannot be sold in place, say that too.
Moving it versus selling it in place
Selling in place means the home stays on the lot and the buyer deals with the park. Moving means someone has to transport it, get a permit, find a place that will take that year of home, and pay to set it up again. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Statement of Ownership FAQ says a move also goes through the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for the permit, and the owner then applies for a new statement showing the new location.
For many older homes, another park will not accept the year, and the move costs more than the home is worth. I buy homes that can be moved, but I do not assume moving is the plan. After I see the home and you tell me what the park has said, I will tell you whether an in-place offer makes sense.
The ownership paper is separate from the park's approval. Texas uses a Statement of Ownership, not a county car title. If yours is lost, in another name, or has a lien, start with the title and Statement of Ownership page and still send the form.