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Why Good Looking Mobile Home Parks Have Ugly Returns

Guest post by: Dave Reynolds

Article Overview: Some mobile home park buyers have this erroneous idea that the goal is to buy a great looking asset. They even rate the parks they look at based on physical appearance. The star system is a good example. Most people think a five-star park is always superior to a one star park. However, the only real star system they should consider is which park is a superstar on cash flow. Because at the end of the day, all that really matters when you own a mobile home park is making money. Parks that make money are great, no matter how ugly they are, and parks that lose money are dogs, despite how cute their entry may be. And, as a general rule, the prettier the park, the uglier the cash flow.

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Why Good Looking Mobile Home Parks Have Ugly Returns

Some mobile home park buyers have this erroneous idea that the goal is to buy a great looking asset. They even rate the parks they look at based on physical appearance. The star system is a good example. Most people think a five-star park is always superior to a one star park. However, the only real star system they should consider is which park is a superstar on cash flow. Because at the end of the day, all that really matters when you own a mobile home park is making money. Parks that make money are great, no matter how ugly they are, and parks that lose money are dogs, despite how cute their entry may be. And, as a general rule, the prettier the park, the uglier the cash flow.

So why do pretty mobile home parks often not make money?

Are all pretty mobile home parks bad? No, not if you bought them cheaply twenty years ago. The only guy getting rich off these mobile home parks today are the current sellers. As for the buyers, that's a lot of work for a CD style yield. Personally, I'd rather buy a down and dirty, ugly park that makes real money. But I wouldn't want to live in one!

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Dave Reynolds has purchased and operated over 50 mobile home parks across the United States since 1995. He is also one of the nation's leading experts in this industry. Reynolds is sharing his expertise to anyone interested in getting involved with mobile home parks. He is the author of the Mobile Home Park Home Study Course, which contains everything you need to know in order to get started.

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