Mobile Home Park Mastery

By Frank Rolfe

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Welcome to the Mobile Home Park Mastery Podcast where you will learn how to identify, evaluate, negotiate, perform due diligence on, finance, turn-around and operate mobile home parks! Your host is Frank Rolfe, the 5th largest mobile home park owner in the United State with his partner Dave Reynolds. Together, they also own and operate Mobile Home University, the leading educational website for both new and experienced mobile home park investors!

Episode Date
Strategies To Get Contracts Signed
Apr 15, 2024
Broker Commissions And The Law of Unintended Consequences
Apr 08, 2024
Using The Power Of Charts And Graphs
Apr 01, 2024
The First Steps After Closing
Mar 23, 2024
The Rites of Spring
Mar 11, 2024
Should You Bill Back Trash?
Mar 04, 2024
Where Science Meets Superstition
Feb 26, 2024
Strategies To Approach High Risk/High Reward Deals
Feb 20, 2024
Embezzlement Scams And How To Avoid Them
Feb 12, 2024
The Bi-polar Nature Of Vacancy
Feb 06, 2024
The $100 Trillion Deficit Disorder
Jan 29, 2024
Can Old And New Homes Happily Coexist?
Jan 22, 2024
How Far Can You Automate?
Jan 16, 2024
Easy Money
Jan 09, 2024
Harnessing The Sixth Sense
Jan 01, 2024
The Impact Of The Pending Recession
Dec 25, 2023
The New Park Building Boom That Never Was
Dec 18, 2023
Looking At Housing From A Different Perspective
Dec 11, 2023
The Lessons Learned From Charlie Munger
Dec 04, 2023
Churning, Burning And Learning
Nov 28, 2023
The Impact of The End Of The “Knowledge Worker” Era
Nov 20, 2023
The Lost Art Of Imputing Risk
Nov 13, 2023
A Positive Approach To A Pending Recession
Nov 06, 2023
The Truth About Self-Managing Your Park
Oct 30, 2023
The Top Five Ways To Boost Your Home Sales Right Now
Oct 24, 2023
When Did Parks Become More Valuable Than Office Towers And Regional Malls?
Oct 18, 2023
When Decks Become Rooms
Oct 10, 2023
Is Gold a Better Investment?
Oct 02, 2023
The Critical Item That Freakonomics Left Out
Sep 25, 2023
Buffett, Cigar Butts And Trailer Park Investing
Sep 11, 2023
Why Park Owners Don’t Care About Home Manufacturing Data
Sep 04, 2023
Permission Vs. Forgiveness
Aug 28, 2023
The Mechanics Of A Successful Rent Raise
Aug 21, 2023
Take The Cash
Aug 15, 2023
Paving The Way To Ruin
Aug 07, 2023
All About Home Age Restrictions
Jul 31, 2023
The Forces And Impact Behind Accelerating Park Redevelopment
Jul 24, 2023
The Growing Trend of Organic Home Moves
Jul 17, 2023
Fact Or Fiction?
Jul 10, 2023
Our 300th Anniversary Special
Jul 03, 2023
A Mantra To Keep You Out Of Trouble
Jun 26, 2023
The Great Subsidy Debate
Jun 13, 2023
The Changing State of Employment
Jun 13, 2023
The Pros And Cons of Heavy Lift Turn-Arounds
May 30, 2023
Understanding Zoning Compliance
May 22, 2023
Amenity Nightmares
May 16, 2023
A Primer On Housing Laws
May 08, 2023
Good Fear Vs. Bad Fear
May 02, 2023
Following The Studebaker Motto
Apr 17, 2023
How To Hold An Open House
Apr 10, 2023
Similarities And Differences
Apr 03, 2023
Considerations When A Manager Wants A Raise
Mar 28, 2023
The Science Behind Selling $70,000 Singlewides
Mar 20, 2023
The Playbook On Bank Failure
Mar 13, 2023
Unlocking The Roots of A Sense of Community
Mar 06, 2023
Off-Site Vs. On-Site Managers
Feb 27, 2023
Why Credit Scores Don’t Mean Much In Affordable Housing
Feb 21, 2023
The Limits On Grandfathering Protection
Feb 14, 2023
Building A Firewall
Feb 06, 2023
The Many Similarities Between Mobile Home Parks And Dollar Stores
Jan 31, 2023
Navigating Wrap Notes
Jan 23, 2023
There’s Nothing Uplifting About Lift Stations
Jan 16, 2023
Life Isn’t Fair
Jan 03, 2023
Snow, Wind And Thermal Zones
Dec 29, 2022
Addressing The Elephant In The Room
Dec 19, 2022
Sharing Is Not Always Caring
Dec 12, 2022
The Impossible Job of Being Both Good Guy and Bad
Dec 05, 2022
Protecting Your Community in a Lawless America
Nov 28, 2022
What If Interest Rates Never Come Down?
Nov 21, 2022
The Impact of Higher 30-Year Single-Family Mortgage Rates
Nov 14, 2022
New Life For Old Trailers
Nov 07, 2022
Whining Even When You’re Winning
Oct 31, 2022
How To Reduce Stress From Community Ownership
Oct 24, 2022
Options To Sidestep Conventional Banking
Oct 18, 2022
Sometimes The Best Deals Are The Ones You Don’t Do
Oct 10, 2022
Before You Can Have Return On Capital You Must Have Return Of Capital
Oct 03, 2022
What’s Wrong With Being The Market Leader In Rents?
Sep 26, 2022
The Biggest Differences Between Apartments And Mobile Home Parks
Sep 19, 2022
Listen To Stanley Marcus
Sep 13, 2022
New Ways To Find Mobile Home Rehabbers
Sep 07, 2022
Inexpensive Amenities That Residents Love
Aug 29, 2022
The Seller And Broker Lie Detector Test
Aug 22, 2022
Don’t Get Too Creative
Aug 15, 2022
The Dangers of Indecisiveness
Aug 08, 2022
The Economic Evolution of Housing And Why It’s Ok
Aug 01, 2022
Short-Term Owners Create Long-Term Suspicions
Jul 25, 2022
The Impact of Home Age
Jul 18, 2022
The Necessity Of Structure For Your Residents
Jul 11, 2022
Understanding the Science of Cash-Out Refinancing
Jun 27, 2022
The Benefits of A Positive Attitude In A Depressing World
Jun 21, 2022
Retention And Redemption
Jun 13, 2022
The Top Ten Ways To Gain Accountability From Your Manager
Jun 06, 2022
Winners And Losers In Biden’s Mobile Home Attack Plan
May 30, 2022
Why The Opportunity Is Much Larger Than Meets The Eye
May 23, 2022
The Four C’s of PerformanceThe Four C’s of Performance
May 16, 2022
Effective Security Measures
May 09, 2022
The Only World That Matters Is Your World
May 02, 2022
The Waffle House Vs. Mom’s Home Cooking
Apr 25, 2022
Parks Are Overpriced, Right?
Apr 18, 2022
Things Haven’t Changed Much In 67 Years
Apr 11, 2022
Pick Up The Phone
Apr 06, 2022
Let's Go Woke For a Second
Mar 28, 2022
Spring Clean-Up Events
Mar 21, 2022
The Return of The Gypsy Traveler and Rent Guarantee Scams
Mar 14, 2022
Ability, Liability And Reliability
Mar 07, 2022
Lessons Learned From Covid
Mar 01, 2022
Motivating Managers
Feb 21, 2022
The Evolving Role of Community Managers
Feb 14, 2022
Dumb And Dumber
Feb 07, 2022
To Lead Or To Follow?
Jan 31, 2022
Clarification Needed
Jan 23, 2022
What’s Propping Up The Window of Opportunity
Jan 16, 2022
Is There Room For DGX?
Jan 09, 2022
Are Residents Ruled By Love Or Fear?
Jan 02, 2022
The Stages on the Rocket of Park Turnarounds
Dec 19, 2021
Successfully Using RVs To Fill Vacant Mobile Home Lots
Dec 12, 2021
The Park Owner’s Winter Survival Guide
Dec 05, 2021
Hot Markets In The Hard Infrastructure Bill
Nov 28, 2021
No Shots No Glory
Nov 21, 2021
Don’t Hide From Unhappy Customers
Nov 14, 2021
Guarding Against Paralysis By Analysis
Nov 07, 2021
Why My Predictions Come True So Often
Oct 31, 2021
Tricks To Harness Time Transcript
Oct 24, 2021
Kung Fu Negotiation Moves
Oct 17, 2021
Can Park Owners Live Off The Land?
Oct 10, 2021
In Times Of Uncertainty Focus On What You Can Control
Oct 03, 2021
Correcting The Record
Sep 27, 2021
Values And Gravity
Sep 16, 2021
America Will Soon Learn The Concept Of Fightco Score
Sep 12, 2021
Here’s How The War On Landlords Ends
Sep 05, 2021
Overcoming The Home Manufacturing Crisis
Aug 29, 2021
Quick Charm
Aug 22, 2021
The Perils – And Opportunities – Of Fixing Density
Aug 15, 2021
Surfside And The End Of Investing In Structures
Aug 08, 2021
Let Your Residents’ Voices Be Heard
Aug 01, 2021
We’re Microsoft In 1996
Jul 25, 2021
Speeding Up The Acquisition Process With A Bucket List
Jul 18, 2021
Mobile Home Parks And Lay's Potato Chips
Jul 11, 2021
The Great Race
Jul 06, 2021
Tough Love Revisited
Jun 28, 2021
Our 200th Episode Celebration Special
Jun 21, 2021
In Volume We Trust
Jun 14, 2021
What To Do With Last Minute Problems
Jun 06, 2021
The Limits of Creativity
May 31, 2021
Turning Dealers Into Lot-Filling Machines
May 23, 2021
When Filling Lots Is Not An Option
May 16, 2021
Mobile Homes On Residential Lots: The Myth Vs. The Reality
May 09, 2021
Speculation Vs. Income Investment: A Primer
May 02, 2021
Before You Pull The Trigger On Closing
Apr 25, 2021
The Issues With Being One Platted Tract Of Land
Apr 18, 2021
Why Managers Fail And How Can You Minimize That
Mar 31, 2021
The Best Parts About The Mobile Home Park Owning Lifestyle
Mar 28, 2021
Mobile Home Manufacturing Has Nothing To Do With Mobile Home Parks
Mar 21, 2021
The “Moat” Keeps Getting Wider And Deeper
Mar 14, 2021
Why Solving Affordable Housing Is A Political Problem, Not A Structural One
Mar 07, 2021
Why Hot Mobile Home Park Markets May Appear Cold To Outsiders
Feb 28, 2021
Top Tips On Filling Lots
Feb 21, 2021
Observations On The Top And Bottom Ten States For Park Supply
Feb 14, 2021
Why The "Salescope" Report Is A Powerful Tool
Feb 07, 2021
Celebrating The Builders
Jan 31, 2021
It's All In The Jobs
Jan 24, 2021
Stanford University’s Megatrend List and the Impact on Mobile Home Parks
Jan 17, 2021
What If Johnny Appleseed Owned A Trailer Park?
Jan 10, 2021
Why Parks May Be The Most Valuable Land In Any City
Jan 03, 2021
The Simple Science Of Making Money
Dec 27, 2020
The Potential Impact Of What The Economists Are Saying
Dec 20, 2020
The Five Historical Eras Of Mobile Home Park Construction
Dec 13, 2020
What's Really Happening to Our Costumers?
Dec 06, 2020
Old Homes
Nov 29, 2020
Financial Options To Buy Homes To Fill Vacant Lots
Nov 22, 2020
Revisiting The Name Game
Nov 15, 2020
Direct Mail
Nov 08, 2020
Agency Debt
Nov 01, 2020
Unlocking Your Performance Potential
Oct 25, 2020
Geography Revisited
Oct 18, 2020
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire
Oct 11, 2020
Park Layouts And What They Mean
Oct 04, 2020
Megatrends Revisited
Sep 27, 2020
The “Detached Apartment” Model
Sep 20, 2020
“Skin In The Game”
Sep 13, 2020
Understanding The Game Plan For Cash-Out Refinancing
Sep 06, 2020
The Right And Wrong Way To Keep In Touch With Your Residents
Aug 30, 2020
All Mobile Homes Come With A Hitch
Aug 23, 2020
Before And After Closing
Aug 16, 2020
Old-Timer Wisdom
Aug 09, 2020
The Harsh Realities Of Supply And Demand
Aug 02, 2020
Speaking Softly But Carrying A Big Stick
Jul 27, 2020
Gambling With Big Chips
Jul 20, 2020
Are Mobile Home Parks Really A “Predatory” Business Model?
Jul 13, 2020
The Truth About Trailers And Trouble
Jul 06, 2020
Thoughts About Buying Small Parks
Jun 29, 2020
Who Was Swimming Naked And Why?
Jun 22, 2020
Back To The Future
Jun 15, 2020
Lessons Learned From North Lamar
Jun 08, 2020
The Top 7 Deal Killing Hurdles - Part 2
Jun 01, 2020
The Top 7 Deal Killing Hurdles - Part I
May 25, 2020
Important Quotes, Sayings, Stories And Jokes
May 18, 2020
Highlights From The New York Times Backstory
May 11, 2020
Critical And Trivial Dates In Mobile Home Park History
May 04, 2020
The A To Z Of Mobile Home Park Investing Terms
Apr 27, 2020
Where Have All The Mobile Home Dealers Gone?
Apr 20, 2020
Nimby Vs. Yimby = Gumby
Apr 13, 2020
Trailer Vs. Tech For Highest Yield
Apr 06, 2020
The 1 – 2 Punch of Park Performance
Mar 30, 2020
Why Our Residents Are Always Free To Leave (Even If The Media Can’t Stand It)
Mar 23, 2020
Opportunity Zone Trailer Park Concepts
Mar 16, 2020
The Park Owner’s Pledge (And What It Doesn’t Include)
Mar 09, 2020
1955 Time Warp
Mar 02, 2020
Myth Buster’s Trailer Park Edition
Feb 24, 2020
Letters From Our Residents And What They Mean
Feb 17, 2020
The Benefits Of Solitude
Feb 10, 2020
Kung Fu Lessons For Mobile Home Park Owners
Feb 03, 2020
Ford Vs. Ferrari Vs. Trailer Park
Jan 27, 2020
Mobile Home Park Owners Vs. Rodney Dangerfield
Jan 20, 2020
Beware The Silver Tsunami In Housing
Jan 13, 2020
A Trailer Park Spin On Old Sitcoms
Jan 06, 2020
New Year’s Predictions
Dec 30, 2019
Striking a Healthy Balance Between Resident and Owner Interests
Dec 23, 2019
America Is Getting a Reality Check on Bringing Old Cities Back To Life
Dec 16, 2019
Old Homes Never Die – Or Should They?
Dec 09, 2019
Is The Glass Half Full or Half Empty with 50% Occupancy?
Dec 04, 2019
What the Industry Has to be Thankful For
Nov 25, 2019
Throwing Down the Gauntlet on Affordable Housing
Nov 18, 2019
Creative Deal Making With Debt Construction
Nov 11, 2019
Analyzing the Range of Reactions I Get When I Say I Own Mobile Home Parks
Nov 04, 2019
The Quarter-Billion Dollar Park Era Is Here
Oct 28, 2019
The Associated Press Just Can’t Figure This Point Out
Oct 21, 2019
The Associated Press Is Waking Up To Reality
Oct 07, 2019
Interesting Properties
Sep 30, 2019
Interesting Characters
Sep 23, 2019
Five Great States To Buy A Mobile Home Park In And Why
Sep 16, 2019
Why Mom And Pop Owners Behave Like They Do
Sep 09, 2019
Why Residents Behave Like They Do
Sep 02, 2019
Why City Governments Behave Like They Do
Aug 26, 2019
Why Banks Behave Like They Do
Aug 19, 2019
Giving Park Residents A Political Voice
Aug 12, 2019
Green New Deal? Mobile Home Parks Have Been Green For Decades
Aug 05, 2019
Why Mobile Home Park Owners Are Better At Governing Than The Government Itself
Jul 29, 2019
Gearing Up For The Political Season
Jul 22, 2019
There’s Nothing “Greener” Than Mobile Home Parks
Jul 15, 2019
Our 100th Anniversary Special
Jul 08, 2019
Making Sense Of Interest Rates On Mobile Homes And Mobile Home Parks
Jul 01, 2019
What Would Joanna Gaines Say?
Jun 24, 2019
The Wide Range Of Customers In Mobile Home Parks
Jun 17, 2019
The Real Political Paths To Improving Affordable Housing In Mobile Home Parks
Jun 10, 2019
Residents Gaming The System And How To Protect Yourself
Jun 03, 2019
All About Determining Park Horsepower
May 27, 2019
Trailer Park Chic – The Latest Trends
May 20, 2019
Trailer Park Archaeology
May 13, 2019
Mobile Home Lessons Learned From Great History Books
May 06, 2019
Mobile Home Lessons Learned From Great Biographical Books
Apr 29, 2019
Mobile Home Lessons Learned From Great Military Books
Apr 22, 2019
Mobile Home Lessons Learned From Great Business Books
Apr 15, 2019
Industry Trivia From The 1970s To The Modern Era
Apr 08, 2019
Industry Trivia From The 1950s To 1960s
Apr 01, 2019
Interesting Industry Trivia From The 1920’s To 1940’s
Mar 25, 2019
Perfect Peace Of Mind
Mar 18, 2019
Perfect Customer Retention
Mar 11, 2019
Perfect Employee Productivity
Mar 04, 2019
Perfect Protection From Liability Risks
Feb 25, 2019
Perfect Adherence To Budget
Feb 18, 2019
Perfect Property Condition
Feb 11, 2019
Perfect Home Renovations
Feb 04, 2019
Perfect Occupancy
Jan 28, 2019
Perfect Collections
Jan 21, 2019
Dealing With Animals
Jan 14, 2019
Breaking The Mental Barriers About Managing Parks
Jan 07, 2019
Breaking Through Mental Barriers To Buying Parks
Dec 31, 2018
Breaking Through The Stigmas About Our Business Model
Dec 24, 2018
Breaking Through The Stereotypes About Our Customers
Dec 17, 2018
Market Fails
Dec 10, 2018
Financing Failures
Dec 03, 2018
Big Management Fails
Nov 26, 2018
Occupancy Fails
Nov 19, 2018
Lessons Learned From Failed Mobile Home Parks
Nov 12, 2018
The Dirty Job Of Cleaning Up After Disasters
Nov 05, 2018
Getting Dirty With City Government
Oct 29, 2018
The Dirty Job Of Managing Water And Sewer
Oct 22, 2018
The Dirty Job Of Park-Owned Homes
Oct 15, 2018
Dirty Jobs Episode Two: Rules Violations
Oct 08, 2018
Dirty Jobs Episode One: Collections
Oct 01, 2018
The Jekyll & Hyde Nature Of Economics In Deal Evaluation
Sep 24, 2018
The Jekyll & Hyde Personality of Utilities
Sep 17, 2018
Jekyll & Hyde – The Impact Of Slight Changes In Deal Variables
Sep 10, 2018
Mobile Home Park Noblesse Oblige
Sep 03, 2018
Putting An End To Waste
Aug 27, 2018
Resident Tough Love
Aug 20, 2018
The Power Of The Brain
Aug 13, 2018
Using Software To Better Manage Your Property
Aug 06, 2018
Virtual Assistants Can Yield A Real Benefit To Park Owners
Jul 30, 2018
Surveillance Tools
Jul 23, 2018
The Top Five Tools of Mobile Home Park Owners
Jul 16, 2018
The Easiest Turnaround Model Of All
Jul 09, 2018
Easy Turnarounds That Are Just Improperly Priced
Jul 02, 2018
Taking Control Of Water & Sewer Expense
Jun 25, 2018
More Easy Turnarounds
Jun 18, 2018
Easy Turnarounds
Jun 11, 2018
The Toughest Turnaround Of All
Jun 04, 2018
“This Must Be A Hollywood Set”
May 28, 2018
A Tough Turnaround With A Chase Scene
May 21, 2018
A Tough Turnaround In Oklahoma City
May 14, 2018
Tough Turnarounds
May 07, 2018
Tips On Creating Seller Notes
Apr 30, 2018
Some Tips On Writing Contracts
Apr 23, 2018
All About Evictions
Apr 16, 2018
Did the Safe Act Make Mobile Home Park Residents Safer – Or Just Remove Their Options?
Apr 09, 2018
The Legal Side To Mobile Home Park Ownership
Apr 02, 2018
Regional Differences In Our Resident Base
Mar 26, 2018
Hopes And Dreams Of Our Residents
Mar 19, 2018
Residents’ Mobile Home Selection Criteria
Mar 12, 2018
How Residents Choose Which Park To Live In
Mar 05, 2018
Lessons Learned From Our Residents: Why They Live In Mobile Homes
Feb 26, 2018
Dealing With Raw Land That Often Comes With A Park Acquisition
Feb 19, 2018
Secrets On Economic Opportunity With Clubhouses And Laundry Buildings
Feb 12, 2018
Operating Self-Storage And Commercial Buildings In Your Park
Feb 05, 2018
Apartments Inside Mobile Home Parks
Jan 29, 2018
Mom & Pop Houses Inside Mobile Home Parks
Jan 22, 2018
The Ultimate Program For Financing Mobile Homes
Jan 15, 2018
Selling or Renting Mobile Homes
Jan 08, 2018
Renovating Mobile Homes
Jan 01, 2018
Buying Used Mobile Homes
Dec 25, 2017
Understanding the History of Mobile Homes
Dec 18, 2017
Ugly Deals
Dec 11, 2017
Bad Deals
Dec 04, 2017
Good Deals
Nov 27, 2017
Three Action Steps In Selling A Mobile Home Park
Nov 20, 2017
Three Action Steps To Correctly Operate Your Mobile Home Park
Nov 13, 2017
Three Action Steps To A Successful Park Turn-Around
Nov 06, 2017
Why Ben Franklin Was Right -- Three Action Steps To Better Due Diligence
Oct 30, 2017
Three Action Steps To Better Negotiating Skills
Oct 23, 2017
Three Action Points On Finding A Mobile Home Park To Buy
Oct 16, 2017
The Current Investment Climate
Oct 09, 2017
Where The Investment Types Stand Today
Oct 02, 2017
The Current State of the Product.
Sep 25, 2017
The Government's Role in the Future of Mobile Home Parks
Sep 18, 2017
The Future Of Mobile Home Parks
Sep 11, 2017
Consolidation
Sep 04, 2017
The Mathematics Of Mobile Home Parks
Aug 21, 2017
The History Of Mobile Home Parks
Aug 14, 2017
Why Invest In Mobile Home Parks.
Aug 07, 2017