Mobile Home Park Mastery

Imagine a hole in the ground ten feet deep, with pointed stakes at the bottom. That’s something you see in movies, but it’s also to be found in the mobile home park industry. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to identify what these traps are, and how to avoid them.

Blackstone – one of America’s largest private equity groups – has defaulted on a $1.3 billion apartment portfolio, known as the “Blackjack” deal. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the lessons learned from this catastrophe, and what it means for the mobile home park industry.

It’s always hard for deal makers to let go of certain targets, as their inherent wiring tells them to never give up. But there are situations in which deals need to be removed from the “never surrender” list. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the fact that, in certain cases, persistence turns into futility.

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.