If you are involved with manufactured housing sales and leasing:
Know what you are doing, or associate with those who do know what they are doing as you read fast and learn on the job, and they keep you out of trouble (e.g., LLR, lawsuits, ethics, license laws, upset people, bad reviews, loss of future business/referrals). NAR ethics #11 (aka competency, everyone has a first deal).
Keep your BIC in the know.
Ensure that other manufactured housing knowledgeable service providers are involved to help manage risks (e.g., lawyers, lenders, contractors, inspectors, movers/haulers, set up, manufactured retail dealers, other).
If land is involved, no LLR manufactured housing retail dealer license is required to be held or associated.
(C) A manufactured housing license is not required for a licensed real estate salesman or licensed real estate broker who negotiates or attempts to negotiate for any legal entity the listing, sale, purchase, exchange, lease, or other disposition of a used manufactured or mobile home in conjunction with the listing, sale, purchase, exchange, lease, or other disposition of real estate upon which the used manufactured or mobile home is located.
If only one or two manufactured houses are handled/offered/sold within a 12-month period, no LLR manufactured housing retail dealer license is required to be held or associated.
(15) "Manufactured home retail dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, offering for sale, or dealing in manufactured homes or offering for display manufactured homes for sale in South Carolina. A person who buys, sells, or deals in three or more manufactured homes in any twelve-month period or who offers or displays for sale three or more manufactured homes in a twelve-month period is considered a manufactured home retail dealer. "Selling" and "sale" include lease-purchase transactions.
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c029.php
Posted by: Byron King on 8/4/26 (This information is only accurate as of 8/4/26. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 8/4/26, as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email info at screaltors.org or email byron at screaltors.org
This information is not legal advice. This information is intended only to provide general information and may not be relied upon as specific legal guidance. Legal counsel should always be consulted before acting in reliance on this information.