Free to read. Not free to copy.
Know Before You Own was built from one homeowner’s experience and a lot of work. Here is how you may use it.
You may
Read and print pages for your own home purchase, and share links to any page with anyone.
You may not
Copy, republish or sell the website, the free guide, the workbook or their design without written permission.
Not advice
Everything here is educational. It is not legal, inspection, insurance or financial advice.
Last updated: November 9, 2026. By using knowbeforeyouown.com (“the website”), you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
Who owns this website
The website and everything on it, including the text, checklists, questions, explainers, the Florida Manufactured Home Buyer’s Guide (PDF), the Manufactured Home Buyer Workbook, photographs, graphics, the logo, page design and the code that runs the site, are owned by Know Before You Own Florida and protected by United States copyright law. © 2026 Know Before You Own Florida. All rights reserved.
“Know Before You Own,” “KBYO” and the house logo are names and marks of Know Before You Own Florida. Please don’t use them in a way that suggests we made, approved or partner with something we didn’t.
What you may do
- Read, print and save pages, the free guide and your purchased workbook for your own home purchase.
- Share links to any page of the website, on social media, in email or anywhere else.
- Quote a short passage (a sentence or two) with credit to “Know Before You Own Florida” and a link to the page it came from.
- Show the checklist to your agent, attorney, inspector or family while you buy a home.
What you may not do without written permission
- Copy, republish or post the website’s pages, checklists, guides or other content, in whole or in large part, on another website, app, social account, course, book or document.
- Share, upload, resell or give away the free guide PDF or the paid workbook files. Please send people to the website to get their own copy.
- Sell, license or charge for anything made from this content, or remove the Know Before You Own name or copyright notice from it.
- Copy the website’s design, layout, graphics or code to build another website or app.
- Use bots, scrapers or other automated tools to copy large parts of the website in order to republish it, or do anything that disrupts or overloads it.
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The free guide and the workbook
The free guide is for the person who asked for it. The Manufactured Home Buyer Workbook, sold through Payhip, is licensed to the person who bought it for their own use; buying it does not transfer ownership of the content. You may fill in and print as many copies as you need for your own purchases.
Educational information only
Know Before You Own is an educational consumer resource. It is not a law firm, inspection company, engineering firm, insurance agency, mold assessment company or financial adviser, and nothing on the website is legal, inspection, insurance or financial advice. Information may be incomplete or out of date, and Florida law can change. The website, the guide and the app are in beta testing and are updated as we learn. Always check important facts yourself and use licensed professionals for your specific home and transaction.
The website is provided “as is.” To the fullest extent the law allows, Know Before You Own Florida is not responsible for decisions you make or losses you have based on its content.
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Changes and governing law
We may update these terms from time to time; the date at the top shows the latest version. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida and the United States.
Questions
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