LAKELAND — A few days before St. Patrick’s Day, a swarm of green-clad volunteers busily dug, sawed and drilled outside a mobile home in a rural patch of the Kathleen area. Posts went into the ground, ...

The old-fashioned method of driving around to check out homes and neighborhoods hasn’t entirely disappeared, but it’s definitely received a 21st-century makeover with the introduction of mobile apps.

IMPROVEMENTS OR RENOVATIONS A CHALLENGE IN A STATE WITH A HIGH COST OF LIVING. MOBILE HOMES HELP PEOPLE LIKE PATRICIA HIERONYMUS BECOME HOME. FOR HER, IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE HER OWN SPACE. ELBOW ROOM.