Don’t Miss Out On Our Mobile Home Park Investor’s Boot Camp On July 16th, 17th And 18th In Dallas, Texas

Time is running out to sign up for the Mobile Home Park Investor’s Boot Camp that’s coming up in Dallas a week from Friday. This is the best, most thorough thing we do, and you will be amazed at how much you will learn over three days of total immersion. Read more »

The Spokane RV Resort in Deer Park, WA will be Auctioned off on Aug. 26th 2010

City & State:Deer Park, WA

# of Mobile Home Park Lots:115 RV Spaces

Price:Auction 8/26

Contact Person:Dan Falls Read more »

Iowa City Proposes To Build Levee To Protect Mobile Home Parks

The city of Iowa City, Iowa is considering building a 2,700 foot long levee to protect the Baculis and Thatcher mobile home parks from flooding. With 160 combined lots and around 400 residents, the city believes that the levee is the best way to protect these residents from the type of floods that were experienced in 1993 and 2008. Read more »

Brokering mobile home parks & manufactured home communities throughout the U.S

Appreciation & Real Estate
A myth that many homeowners, commercial real estate investors and Realtors believe is that real estate always appreciates.  Lots of home buyers and lenders are left holding the bag during the current sub- prime housing meltdown.  It’s the same way with investing in parks or communities or even stocks.  Real estate appreciation and falling values both depend on many things:  lending terms, interest rates,   demand, tax policy and more. Even if you faithfully raise your rent every year and your expenses stay flat or at least your income growth outpaces the expenses—your community doesn’t necessarily increase in value.  Currently the biggest reasons why parks and communities aren’t appreciating: Read more »

Arc Debt Goes Into Restructuring

Hedge fund Farallon Capital Management is facing a restructuring of around $1.53 billion in debt it took on as part of its $1.8 billion leveraged buyout of Affordable Residential Communities, LLC. Included are around 260 mobile home parks in 23 states, with over 55,000 lots. Read more »

Mobile Home Park Investors’ Boot Camp Is Coming Up On July 16th To 18th In Dallas, Texas.

If you are serious about investing in mobile home parks, then attending Frank & Dave’s Mobile Home Park Investors’ Boot Camp needs to be on your list of next steps.

This is the event in which Frank & Dave, who have owned and operated over $100 million in mobile home parks over the past decade, Read more »

Frank & Dave’s Mobile Home Park Investing Boot Camp Is Approaching:

July 16th To 18th In Dallas, Texas
The Mobile Home Park Investors’ Boot Camp will be held in Dallas, Texas on July 16th to 18th. This is the immersion event in which students learn everything there is to know about finding, negotiating, buying, turning-around, operating, problem-solving, financing, and selling mobile home parks in one information-packed weekend. Read more »

Park Still Struggling After Hurricane Charley

Hurricane Charley hit Florida in 2004, yet the Pink Citrus Mobile Home Park of Ft. Myers is still reeling from its effects. Of 165 lots which at one time were full, the park has only 80 occupied lots today. Read more »

City of Poway to Sell Mobile Home Park to Hometown

The City of Poway, California is taking steps to sell the 397-space Poway Royal Estates to Hometown America, which owns 129 mobile home parks in the U.S., for a price of $38.3 million. In addition to the $38.3 million, Hometown will have to make improvements, to the satisfaction of the city, totaling another $1 million. Read more »

Owner Threatens To Close Park If Rent Increase Is Not Approved

The owners of Besaro Mobile Home Park in Freemont, California have appealed in state and federal court the blockage of their attempt to raise rents by as much as 40%.  If the appeal fails, the owners’ attorney says that they will close the park. Read more »