Welcome to the Mobile Home Park Academy podcast. In this episode, Charles and I will discuss mistake number 10 from our popular eBook, “The 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When purchasing their First Mobile Home Park…and how to avoid them.”
There is a reason that apartment builders erect their apartments close to population centers. After all, it’s where all the people live! The same should be true for you when you look for a park to buy. We see many “great deals” on parks that are off in the boonies. But are these great deals?
You have to have demand for your product in order to run a successful business. Rural parks simply may not have the same demand as parks that are closer to town. You can fix many things in a mobile home park, but the one thing you can’t fix is your location and your demand. Our program will show you the tried and true methods of figuring out if there is enough demand for your lots.
Welcome to the Mobile Home Park Academy podcast. In this episode, Charles and I will discuss mistake number 11 from our popular eBook, “The 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When purchasing their First Mobile Home Park…and how to avoid them.”
This is a very easy step that is sometimes overlooked by investors entering into this industry. You need to check to see if the park you intend to buy is legally allowed to be there. This may seem like a weird thing to be worried about, but the truth is that there are parks out there that don’t have permits or are permitted for fewer spaces than they currently operate with.
Essentially, there are three types of parks: Legal, grandfathered, and illegal. You need to know what each means and who to ask about this prior to ever considering this type of investment. In addition, you also need to know how to find out how many spaces the park is allowed to have and you need to know if there are any outstanding violations. This is not a difficult step, but it is one that is essential to confident investing.
Welcome to the Mobile Home Park Academy podcast. In this episode, Charles and I will discuss mistake number 10 from our popular eBook, “The 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When purchasing their First Mobile Home Park…and how to avoid them.”
We have all heard the phrase, “Use the seller’s numbers” time and time again. This works great when you notice a seller is paying twice as much as they should for management or when your seller is paying for a utility you plan to pass through. However, this can quickly go awry when talking about repairs and maintenance, especially when the numbers are understated.
Welcome to the Mobile Home Park Academy podcast. In this episode, Charles and I will discuss mistake number 9 from our popular eBook, “The 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When purchasing their First Mobile Home Park…and how to avoid them.” When performing due diligence, it is important that you determine if the park lies within a floodplain. In fact, this should be one of the first steps you do.
In today’s show Charles and I will discuss the following: How does a flood zone affect the deal? Can you even do this deal if it’s in a flood zone? Can it be financed? What will your insurance agent say? Are there scenarios where a flood plain may be OK?
We’ll cover all of this and more in todays show. Enjoy!
In this episode, Charles and I will discuss mistake number 8 from our popular eBook, “The 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When purchasing their First Mobile Home Park…and how to avoid them.” One thing we see often is that many investors will choose to look for parks locally for the sole purpose of being near the park. There is nothing wrong with being close to your park, but you definitely don’t need to be. If you find that you live in a market where CAP rates are insanely low or in a market that is going through tough times, you would be much wiser to invest outside of your immediate area.
The business model and management style we teach is effective whether you live across the street from your park or across the country. Don’t put yourself in the position of buying a bad investment just for the sake of being close to it. Proximity does not correlate to success in this business.
On today’s show we are going to cover a recent trip to a park we’re in contract on in the Buffalo MSA. Like most parks, this deal also has it’s fair share of challenges that we’re working through and so we thought it might be helpful if we share our experiences and how we’re working to overcome these challenges.
Also, as an added bonus, we’ll be sharing critical feedback from our first-hand experience of selling used park owned homes using the 21st mortgage finance program. This program has proven much more difficult to we originally expected which has created unexpected challenges in converting our park owned home inventory into tenant owned units. This is a must listen if you’re considering purchasing a park with a large number of park owned units.
On today’s show we are going to be sharing the stage with, George Chen and Mark Sue, both are new park investors who just purchased their first 11 space park a few weeks ago in Connecticut. Both George and Mark are avid listeners to our show and originally reached out to Charles and I looking for advice or ideas on sourcing their second mobile home park, which is how we coaxed them to come onto the show.
And so, not only will be pull back the cover on their very first park acquisition and find out all the nitty gritty details, but we’ll also actively discuss ideas on how they should be best spending their time sourcing that second deal.