A new website is step one. Answering the lead is what sells the home.
TheHUDBud builds your website, runs your ads and answers every lead in seconds, then shows you what each sale cost. One team, one monthly price, built only for manufactured home dealers.
We test your current lead response before the call. You keep the report either way.- Buyer asks about a homeFacebook ad → your site → "Text me the price"0:00
- Text reply with the price0:04Hi Maria, the 3 bed is $79,900 delivered and set up. Want to see it Saturday at 10:30?
- Buyer answers: owns land, financingLogged to the lead inbox with the ad that brought her0:45
- Lot visit booked, salesperson alertedHot lead text goes to the salesperson on duty1:00
Example timeline. Automated texts go only to buyers who checked the consent box on your form.
Buyers find you, not a portal
Your own fast site with live inventory, plus Google, Facebook and Marketplace ads aimed at your delivery area.
No lead waits until Monday
Every inquiry gets a text back in seconds and follow-up until a salesperson connects.
Know what each sale cost
Leads, cost per lead and cost per sale by source, every month, so you cut what doesn't sell homes.
Everything between the ad and the closing table
One system your team actually uses. Pick a part to see it.
Click through a working dealer site
Search homes, open a floor plan, ask for a price and watch the text reply land. Then switch to the dealer view and see the lead with its source and reply time.
A website alone doesn't answer the phone
Most dealers choose between renting a portal page and buying a website. Here's what each one covers.
| Listing portal page | Website-only provider | TheHUDBud | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your own site and domain | No, a page on their site next to other dealers | Yes | Yes, and you keep the domain |
| Inventory search | Yes | Yes | Yes, with floor plans, payment estimates and Spanish |
| Paid ads | Not included | Usually not included | Google, Facebook and Marketplace, built and managed |
| Reply to new leads | Your team, when they can | Your team, when they can | Text reply in seconds, day or night |
| Follow-up | Not included | Often a paid add-on | Calls, texts and email until the buyer answers |
| Lead inbox | Email notifications | Often included | Included, with source and reply time on every lead |
| Cost per sale by source | No | Lead counts | Yes, monthly |
| Warranty and back office | No | No | Tickets, claims, bids and bill coding |
| If you leave | Your page and leads stay with the portal | Usually a 12-month term | 30-day out in the first 90 days; you keep your site, domain and lead export |
Live in weeks, measured from day one
Free lead audit
Before we talk, we send a test inquiry through your site and time the reply. On a 15-minute call we review your site, Google listing and ad spend. You keep a one-page report.
Build and move
We build your site on your domain, load your inventory and photos, set up your lead inbox, text number and ads, and bring over your existing leads.
Run and report
We run the ads, answer and follow up on leads, and send a monthly report with leads, cost per lead and cost per sale by source.
One price for the site, the ads work and the follow-up
Start where you lose the most today. Move up when the last stage is paying for itself.
Upgrade
- Website with inventory search, floor plans and Spanish
- Google, Facebook and Marketplace ads built and managed
- Google Business Profile cleanup
- Instant text reply to every lead
- Lead inbox and lot visit booking
- Monthly lead report
Grow
- Everything in Upgrade
- Follow-up by call, text and email until the buyer answers
- Cost per lead and cost per sale by source
- New ad creative monthly and retargeting
- Google review requests after every sale
- Review replies drafted for your approval
Automate
- Everything in Grow
- Warranty and service tickets with dispatch
- Manufacturer claim tracking
- Subcontractor bid approvals
- Deal checklists and bill coding
Built to the rules dealers live by
Consent on every form
Automated calls and texts go only to buyers who opt in. STOP works instantly, and every consent is stored with the lead.
Fair housing ads
Facebook housing ads follow Meta's special ad category rules: no targeting by age, gender or ZIP code.
Careful money talk
Financing language always says "subject to credit approval." Automated messages never quote rates or approvals.
You own it
Your domain, your leads, your ad accounts. Leave and you take all of it with you.
Straight answers
Something else on your mind? Ask on the audit call.
We already have a website. Why switch?
Keep it if it works. The audit shows how fast your leads get answered and what your ads cost per sale. If the site is the problem we rebuild it on your domain; if the follow-up is the problem, that's where we start.
Will an automated text sound like a robot?
Replies use your dealership's name, the home the buyer asked about and your real lot hours. Your team approves the templates before anything goes out, and any buyer can ask for a person at any time.
Who owns the website and the leads?
You do. The domain stays in your name, ad accounts stay in your name, and if you leave we export every lead.
Do you work with chains or manufacturer-owned lots?
No. We work only with independent dealers and land-home dealers, one to ten lots.
How long until we're live?
Most of the time goes into loading inventory and photos and registering your text number with the carriers. We give you a firm date on the audit call.
Are you connected to HUD?
No. TheHUDBud is a private company. "HUD" in our name refers to HUD-code homes, the homes our dealers sell. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Find out how long your leads wait
Before the call, we send a test inquiry through your website and time the reply. On the call we show you:
- Your lead response time, tested
- How you show up on Google and Facebook
- Where your ad money is going