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For many years, the mobile home park industry had no available information except for a few ancient books like the 1955 “How to Build and Operate a Mobile Home Park” by L.C. Michelon.

Tony Hsieh is known for being the founder of Zappos, as well as personally funding the renaissance of portions of Las Vegas. But I will remember Tony for a different reason, and one that has received zero media attention.

Here’s a common sight in much of America – becoming more common every day. It’s the transport of a new mobile home from the factory to its new geography inside a mobile home park or on raw land. The sales of new mobile homes are increasing virtually every month, and have grown nearly 100% from their all-time lows about a decade ago. But what is fueling this trend?

Am I supposed to take the roof off and smell manufactured homes to see if they've spoiled like milk? Do they have an expiration date stamped on the frame? Can you fit one in a curbside polycart?

Good economic times make buying mobile home parks harder. Depressions create opportunity.

The Madison Group (TMG), a leading national lending source of MHP/MHC financing, arranged the $3,069,000 refinance for a portfolio of four MHP/MHC com...

WHY INVEST IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE?"  By Frank Rolfe It's a competitive world out there. There are many investment options. So why ...

Today- the real estate market is tough. Single family homes are being scooped up by homeowners attempting to get their next home before interest rates rise. New investors are learning about the power of real estate investing and buying up most “nasty houses” as well as the small multifamily deals. And hedge funds and large institutional investors are grabbing all the larger apartment complexes at prices that simply don’t make sense to savvy real estate investors.

When you write about mobile home park returns you always run the risk of being branded a liar, as nobody believes that you can make 20% plus returns o...

It’s a well-known fact that the media hates the mobile home park industry. They delight in producing television shows like Trailer Park Boys and Myrtl...