Lots of Older Mobile Homes (60's & 70's)

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About 6 mths ago, I bought a park that has lots of older homes. While they have been leasing up, I have lost lots of new possible tenants because the rooms are so small.

I was wondering if any of you have torn out the wall dividing 2 small bedrooms in a 3 bdrm unit and if it made the unit more marketable…now having 2 somewhat larger bedrooms.

Also, I was wondering if any of you have had any electrical problems with the older units, due to aluminum wiring, cracking wire insulation or other age related problems

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On the first item, yes, I’ve town out interior walls and made a three bedroom a two bedroom, I’ve done it to expand the master bedroom only, as that’s a big driver to the choice to buy or rent the home. I leave the kid rooms tiny. Since the interior walls in a mobile home are not load bearing (singly wide only), it’s really easy to do.

But no, we don’t have a lot of electrical problems. We check out the home when we redo it, and normally it’s not an issue again.