How to read a dealer's inventory, what "available" really means, and why the home you saw online might already be spoken for.
Most manufactured home dealers update their website inventory manually, and most of them are running a lot with a handful of staff. A home can be sold on a Saturday afternoon and still be sitting on the site the following Wednesday. This is not dishonesty, it is a staffing reality.
It also runs the other way. Homes arrive on a lot faster than anyone photographs them, so what is physically available is frequently larger than what is listed online. Calling or texting is genuinely the only way to know.
When a listing does not say which of the three it is, assume orderable and ask.
This guide is here because dealers kept getting asked these questions and nobody had a straight page to send people to. If you run a lot and want this handled automatically, that is what Cass does. If you are a buyer, just take the questions with you.