How to Prepare Your Manufactured Home Community Operating Statements for a Lender During a Loan Refinance By Gregory J. Porter

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Sep 17, 2021
During a loan refinance, knowing how to prepare your operating statements for a lender is critical, as the contents will impact your loan terms. Learn which items you actually need to omit to improve your financing.
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THE BLESSINGS OF BEING A “WEIRD” REAL ESTATE SECTOR By Frank Rolfe

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Aug 24, 2021
Mobile home parks have always been the “black sheep” of the real estate family. The stigma against mobile home park residents (commonly called “trailer trash”) and mobile home park owners (considered “evil”
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YOU EITHER HAVE HIGHER MOBILE HOME PARK LOT RENTS OR YOU HAVE THIS. By Frank Rolfe

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Jul 15, 2021
We recently saw this news story on the internet. Perhaps the writer should talk to John Oliver, who criticizes mobile home park owners for raising rents. You see, you can’t have both low rents and park..........
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THE MANY WAYS TO MAKE MONEY WITH MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THE NECESSITY TO DO SO By Frank Rolfe

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Jun 29, 2021
If you believe the U.S. economy is in great shape then you must not be in your 60’s. That’s because you’d have to be in your 60’s to have been an adult during the era of Jimmy Carter and “stagflation”.How did that era work out?
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THE INCREASING DIVERGENCE OF HOME AND APARTMENT PRICING AND THE IMPACT ON MOBILE HOME PARK PERFORMANCE By Frank Rolfe

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Jun 29, 2021
If you study the data on www.Bestplaces.net, you will see one unusual anomaly that has a direct bearing on understanding the attractiveness of a market for mobile home park ownership: the astounding difference in single-family home and apartment pricing. Perhaps the best example of this is to be found on the stats for Cairo, Illinois. This city of around 2,100 inhabitants has a median home price of $31,500
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Definition of a “Contractor” Shrinks While the Definition of an “Employee” Expands By Kurt D. Kelley, J.D.

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Jun 29, 2021
Prior to leaving office, the Trump administration filed a regulation designed to simplify the definition of which ........
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National Tenant Eviction Moratorium Halted By: Manufactured Housing Review Staff

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Jun 29, 2021
During the Spring of 2020, Congress with the approval of the Trump Administration enacted a 120-day tenant eviction moratorium that applied solely to rental properties receiving federal-backed loans
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Landlord and Tenant Law Change Requires ‘HABITABILITY

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Jun 15, 2021
In two hotly contested battles, advocates for tenants and landlords in the state sparred over a pair of bills which aimed to reform the eviction process in Arkansas
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CESA Releases First National Study of Solar for Manufactured Homes By Samantha Donalds

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Jun 15, 2021
The report, Solar for Manufactured Homes: An Assessment of the Opportunities and Challenges in 14 States, provides a landscape assessment of the manufactured housing market and shows where these homes are located across the country. It explains the general obstacles to solar access by low-and moderate-income (LMI) communities, as well as additional challenges related specifically to installing solar PV with manufactured housing.
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Is the Community Owner Responsible when 911 Can't Get There in Time? By Mark J. Fletcher, ENP

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Jun 15, 2021
240 million times each year, 911 is dialed for emergency help. That equates to a staggering 27,400 phone calls per hour, or over
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