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The Importance of Population Size in Market Selection By Dave Reynolds
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One of the most important elements of any manufactured home community is location. On the micro level that includes the surrounding neighborhood and s...
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Why the Clayton “Have It Made” Advertisement is an Industry Game Changer By Frank Rolfe
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I keep watching the new Clayton “Have It Made” ad over and over, because I feel like I’m watching the first volley in the
manufactured housing revolut...
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How To Create A Sense Of Community: Ideas From Tony Hsieh’s Airstream Village By Frank Rolfe
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I was recently given a private tour of Tony Hsieh’s Airstream Village in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was impressed with
the dedication to the concept of cr...
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WHY WE LOVE INVESTING IN COLLEGE TOWNS by Dave Reynolds
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Many people get excited about college football. We get excited about college-town manufactured home
communities. These properties display unique chara...
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HOW TO SUCCEED WITH SMALL MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES By Frank Rolfe
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It’s often been said that the best things come in small packages – and that’s often true of manufactured
home communities. While large properties tend...
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The Top Three Things I Learned from Greatest Generation Community Owners By Dave Reynolds
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One of the biggest losses we will all have over the years ahead is the loss of the Greatest Generation of community owners. It will be hard to even explain the lessons learned from them to the younger generation, as they will not believe such people actually existed. I’m glad that I’ve been able to learn so much from them.
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A Duke Economist Confirms that Manufactured Home Community Lot Rents are Too Low. So How Do We Increase Them Without Straining Our Residents? By Frank Rolfe
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Charles Becker is a Professor of Economics at Duke University. He’s also the first economist to study the manufactured home community industry.
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The Madison Group Arranges $5,800,000 loan for the purchase of a Mobile Home Park
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The Madison Group (TMG), a leading source of mobile home park financing nationwide, arranged the $8,000,000 purchase of a mobile home community in Okl...
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WHY YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY MANAGE A MOBILE HOME PARK INVESTMENT FROM 2,000 MILES AWAY
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Some things require the owner to be there 16 hours a day to succeed, such as a restaurant. Others mandate that the owner be there 8 hours per day, suc...
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Press Release: The Madison Group facilitates a $1.3M loan for a manufactured home community in Ontario, OR.
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Transaction Description: The Madison Group (TMG), a commercial loan broker, facilitated the financing to purchase this manufactured home community in...
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