Well said!

“mobile” and “manufactured/modular“ homes are build to different building codes. Like you said a “mobile” home is shipped on a steel frame but never comes off that frame once to its destination, it just has skirting to cover the frame.

Modular/manufactured homes are built to the same standards as stick built homes using the IRC building codes. The factory’s actually have inspections that could t as the inspection done in the field. They are built exactly the same as a home done in the field, just in sections, within a factory and then pieced together in the field.

Mobile homes are built to HUD standards and are no where as rugged as a regular home.

There are a lot of misnomers around modular construction, it’s literally built just like a home in the field, just with a roof over it the entire time and then pieced together at the job side in a few days.

I bet most people would be surprised at how complex of a home can be done as a modular. Also, I am starting to see more modular used in Multifamily construction (apartments/mixed used const)