Thanks for all of your responses; I appreciate your help. I should have started out by telling you my story. I spent most of my life paying rent (making my landlords rich). I finally scraped enough $$$ to buy this older but very decent mobile home. I do have a brother that can help me with a lot of things, and has been an enormous help to me so far. He is more than willing to do anything for me, but since he wasn't thrilled about me buying this place to begin with, I really want to do as much as I can by myself., I spent two hours at the book store yesterday looking for info on various things. I think I'll call someone to do a check on the heating system, if only to make myself content. The thermostat needs to be replaced anyway, and I really don't have any idea how to do that. I'm not totally helpless, though. When I bought this place, I ripped out all of the carpeting, replaced a wall in a closet, spackled walls, caulked and repaired holes, and I'm a pro at painting. I bought a used lawn mower and have been cutting a big lawn. Hey, I even got underneath this place and turned on the heating tape for the pipes. It was pretty gross under there, but I did it. I'm sure things will come up, and that why I appreciate all the help you guys are giving me.