Mobile Home Park Mastery

It’s been seven years since John Oliver and other liberal idiots launched a full-scale media attack on the mobile home park industry. Since then, there’s been very little of any real note. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore how the industry got so lucky and why, in this case, history really can’t repeat itself.

Filling vacant lots is mostly about buying new or used mobile homes and selling them. But there are some low odds shots you can also take to get the job done. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review some of the attack plans available to fill lots that have only a tiny chance of working – but are worth the effort.

Interest rates are up nearly double from all-time lows, and even though mobile home parks have a very low loan default rate, distressed deals still hit the market on a regular basis. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we're going to explore the correct way to approach buying failing deals.

When you’re looking at buying homes to fill your vacant lots, the first question is “do I go with metal or vinyl?” In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the good and bad aspects of both options.

There’s no more important determinant of lasting value than scarcity – and it’s one of the key factors that allowed mobile home parks to exceed apartments as the gold-standard of housing investment. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to examine how one single factor drove the trailer park industry into value dominance.

If you are selling homes in your park to fill vacant lots, you know the challenge of your prospective residents getting approved for their home loan. The national average for chattel loan approvals is 34.4% while the average for real estate mortgages is 91.2%. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore why there is this disparity and how to improve your odds.

When you buy a mobile home park you typically have a long list of improvements you want to make to the physical plant and operations. But should you share these concepts with the seller? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the fine line between transparency and inclusiveness and keeping your after-closing plans private.

All you hear in the news is the socialist perspective on capitalism and higher lot rents – that’s all the media will allow you to hear. But there are two sides to every story, and it’s about time that the true story of higher lot rents be told. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the positive and necessary reasons for higher lot rents and why park owners are actually the good guys in this story, not the bad.

The mobile home park industry has long faced the question of optimal park size. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the issue of whether to buy one really big property or several smaller ones, as well as the permutations of size on everything from financing to management cost.

Certain critical items in your park run on power and if it goes out, you’re in big trouble. The back-up plan is often a gas-powered generator, but which one do you get and what should you pay? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the facts about power generation.