Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2020	Aug. 03, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 4,110,283	$ 5,898,635
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provide by operating activities:
Depreciation	118,179	109,016
Undistributed earnings in joint venture—Majestic 21	(61,125)	(60,555)
Gain on property held for sale	(32,041)	(880,129)
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment	(32,041)	(15,242)
Decrease in fair market value of equity investments	159,051
Stock-based compensation	8,368	19,999
Amortization of operating lease right of use assets	26,862
Decrease (Increase) in:
Accounts receivable	638,480	(209,985)
Inventories	(20,842)	(1,799,958)
Pre-owned homes	(385,597)	113,697
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	155,518	(148,304)
Deferred income taxes	60,055	167,576
Interest receivable	(130,097)	(84,740)
(Decrease) increase in:
Accounts payable	(457,884)	(151,508)
Accrued compensation	(296,735)	(100,832)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(883,146)	594,271
Income taxes payable	(2,016,132)	272,450
Customer deposits	69,067	(956,413)
Net cash provide by operating activities	1,062,264	2,783,220
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	(270,365)	(288,424)
Purchase of certificates of deposit	(20,000)	(4,000,000)
Proceeds from certicates of deposit	2,024,000
Proceeds from property held for sale		1,078,325
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment	33,139
Collections on interest receivable	87,358
Collections on mortgage notes receivable	1,596	1,502
Collections on equipment and other notes receivable	66,218	40,263
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance	(144,000)	(135,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	1,777,946	(3,303,334)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment of cash dividend	(3,630,970)	(3,864,216)
Proceeds from excerise of employee stock options		19,710
Purchase of treasury stock	(822,450)	(2,853,361)
Reduction of operating lease obligation	(9,507)
Net cash used in financing activities	(4,462,927)	(6,697,867)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(1,622,717)	(7,217,981)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	22,533,965	28,364,861
Cash and cash equivalents at end of quarter	20,911,248	21,146,880
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information:
Income taxes paid	$ 3,368,000	$ 1,550,000