08th October 2008
FORGET IKE AND KATRINA : THE PERFECT STORM IS BUILDING IN MOBILE HOME PARKS – AND THE RESULT WILL BE SOME OF THE BEST DEALS IN DECADES
Like all forms of real estate, mobile home parks have had about a decade-long run of easy financing and low cap rates...
08th October 2008
Nothing is more disconcerting than approaching a nice manufactured home community and seeing that the name on the sign is “Roll-a-coach” or “Mobile Heaven”. If it is not bad enough that the industry is constantly battling the stigma of being lesse...
08th October 2008
Many park owners feel that it is their duty as the owner to rule with an iron hand. They think that they can cure all of the park’s ills with rule after rule. At many parks, the rules section is longer than the lease itself.
But is the park any bett...
08th October 2008
Mobile home park tenants are not rich. Most of them live from paycheck to paycheck. As a result, they frequently don’t pay their bills on time – sometimes at all. To motivate these tenants to pay their lot rent on time, you must enact a late fee for r...
08th October 2008
When you buy a mobile home park, and if you currently own a mobile home park, it’s a pretty safe bet that you need to change the name. Because most mobile home parks have terrible names that, sadly, could be used as a marketing tool if only they were di...
08th October 2008
Mobile home park tenants are not rich. Most of them live from paycheck to paycheck. As a result, they frequently don’t pay their bills on time – sometimes at all. To motivate these tenants to pay their lot rent on time, you must enact a late fee for r...
08th October 2008
Many park owners feel that it is their duty as the owner to rule with an iron hand. They think that they can cure all of the park’s ills with rule after rule. At many parks, the rules section is longer than the lease itself.
But is the park any bett...
08th October 2008
WHAT’S IN A NAME? A LOT IF IT’S A MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY
Nothing is more disconcerting than approaching a nice manufactured home community and seeing that the name on the sign is “Roll-a-coach” or “Mobile Heaven”. If it is not bad enou...
08th October 2008
FORGET IKE AND KATRINA : THE PERFECT STORM IS BUILDING IN MOBILE HOME PARKS – AND THE RESULT WILL BE SOME OF THE BEST DEALS IN DECADES
Like all forms of real estate, mobile home parks have had about a decade-long run of easy financing and low cap rates...
27th February 2007
Before you decide to sell your manufactured home community/mobile home park there are several ways to increase the value of your investment and in doing so increase the value of the park and make it more saleable. Here is a list of 10 potential ways to in...
