The February 2025 Mobile Home Park Investing Newsletter

Navigating Economic Realities in Mobile Home Parks

While some mobile home park communities include affluent income-earners, a significant portion of mobile home park residents falls within the lower third of U.S. household incomes. Many face financial constraints, with limited savings and fewer opportunities for high-paying employment. While these challenges are real, they do not prevent residents from being responsible tenants, engaged homeowners, and valuable members of the community. As a park owner, understanding these realities allows you to structure your operations in a way that promotes stability for both your business and your tenants.

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Mobile Home Park Mastery Podcast: Episode 380 - The New Direction Of HUD And How It Will Benefit The Industry

Scott Turner is the new head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And he’s bringing a new vision and mission that will impact many aspects of the mobile home park industry going forward – in a very positive way. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore Turner’s new hot button topics.

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Dueling Curves & The Battle for Housing: An Interview with Bob Vahsholtz

In this interview, we sit down with Bob Vahsholtz, author of Dueling Curves: The Battle for Housing, to explore the history, challenges, and future of mobile home parks

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Checking the Vitals on Mobile Home Park Ownership

A conversation with Kean, a medical doctor from California who is also a mobile home park owner!

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Mobile Home Park Mastery Podcast: Episode 379 - Successfully Applying The Principles Of DOGE To Parks

While the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency is trying to reduce cost on a national level, many of these same principles apply to mobile home parks. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the real-life methods to perform a DOGE study on your property and discuss many of the areas that virtually every mobile home park can do a better job in.

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The Surprising Link Between These Seven States: A Game-Changer for Mobile Home Park Owners

At first glance, Virginia, Missouri, Mississippi, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Idaho, and Arizona might not seem to have much in common. These states span different regions, have varying population densities, and even differ in their sports franchises. But for mobile home park owners, these seven states stand out for a different reason: They have established some of the strongest legal protections for park owners through clear and definitive grandfathering laws.

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Mobile Home Park Mastery Podcast: Episode 378 - Methods To Keep Homes From Moving Out

Every time a mobile home pulls out of a lot in your community, you lose a ton of money. Park owners have been pondering for years the magic of how to keep homes from leaving. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the methods attempted over the years and explore the only real solutions to keeping occupied lots from becoming vacant.

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Why Two Cultural Icons of the 1960’s and 70’s Had Entirely Different Endings

Howard Johnson’s was the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s – the exact same era that served as the golden age of mobile home parks.

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Mobile Home Park Mastery Podcast: Episode 377 - Home Placement Solutions

A mobile home park is like a chess board with many options to place your pieces, not just the ones that come with the owner’s manual. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the reasons that you might want to change the positioning of your mobile homes, the typical rules regarding that customization, and where these slight park redesigns may be heading in the future.

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