If you have to purchase the home and pay a monthly fee than appx. what is the cost of the home and what is the square footage. Also what do you get for the 20,000?

Square footage varies, depending on the size of the mobile home. The $20,000 gives you a share (1/389th) of the ownership of the community. There are 5 miles of roads, 3 ponds, a Community building (the "Manor") with offices, community room, card room, pool table, library), and 389 homes on spacious lots. We have our own water supply, and town sewer system. The Maintenance Fees provide for a full-time maintenance crew, office staff, water & sewer, trash pickup (with purchase of a town dump sticker), snowplowing of roads, and general upkeep of community property. On ourl lots, we rake our own leaves, and move our own snow, but there are many individuals and small companies that will do the work for us, for a minimal fee.

The homes are single and double wide mobile homes. If you check the web site, you can see some that are for sale. The $20,000 is your share in the co-op. Yes, you do get it back when you sell.

Cost and square footage of homes vary. You can buy an existing home already on a lot, or you can get the lot then have a home designed, manufactured, shipped and assembled for you. The $20,000 is essentially a buy-in to the association as you lease, not own, the land. I believe you get this $20,000 back if you sell.