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Mobile Home Park Mastery

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!

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All Episodes

10:14

A Primer On Buying Mobile Homes At Tax Sales

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/08/04

If you are looking to fill vacant lots in your mobile home park with used homes, one option that is rarely mentioned is “tax sales” stemming from unpaid property tax. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore how this process works in the real world and things to watch out for.

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11:09

Private Property Considerations

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/07/28

Most Americans are only familiar with owning property with a single-family home on it. But mobile home parks are much larger and complex. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the unique nature of mobile home parks to bend the rigid rules of traditional private property law.

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17:47

Our 400th Anniversary Special

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/07/21

This podcast marks the 400th installment of the #1 Mobile Home Park discussion in the U.S. With 399 episodes under our belt we’ve covered a wide range of topics over the years, but this week we’re going to revisit our fist ten titles and explore how they may have changed over the nearly eight years since they were first reviewed.

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11:04

The Power Of Weeknight And Weekend Office Hours

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/07/14

Most mobile home park office hours tend to be Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5 PM – which just happens to be about the worst schedule if you’re trying to sell homes. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review how your office days and hours need to reflect the job at hand.

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12:50

Avoiding Park Side-Hustles That Make No Money

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/07/07

The successful mobile home park business model has always been simply to rent land. But sometimes the simple path is not enough for some owners, who venture out with additional ideas to boost net income. Sadly, most of these ideas fail to be profitable. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the many different side-hustles that park owners have tried that have failed to actually make money.

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12:31

A Game Of Chess

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/07/01

How you fill your lots is somewhat like a game of chess, with certain pieces more important than others, and every move filled with the potential for benefit or damage. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the strategic considerations required to maximize your park’s value.

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11:01

Where Have All The Lonnie’s Gone?

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/06/23

“Lonnie Dealers” are investors who buy and sell or buy and rent mobile homes inside mobile home parks, labeled after an early advocate of this concept named Lonnie Scruggs. And although this investment program had a lot of interest in the 1990s, the number of individuals engaged in this sector has been continually dwindling. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the “Lonnie Deal”, its waning popularity, and the resulting impact on the mobile home park industry.

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10:39

What I’d Do If I Had Five Vacant Lots

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/06/16

Some mobile home park deals are built around filling a huge number of vacant lots, while others are built on raising rents and cutting costs and increasing occupancy is a tiny part of the turn-around program. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the plan of attack if you have only a handful of vacancies to fill.

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11:05

Stretching Exercises

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/06/02

Any time that you pay more for a mobile home park than it is currently worth, based on existing net income, you are engaged in “stretching” to rationalize paying the higher amount. But the types of “stretching” required to bridge the gap typically vary from acceptable to too risky. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the fundamentals of “stretching” and determine their quotient of risk.

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11:12

Creating "Social Amenities"

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/05/26

Millennials have some fresh ideas about housing, and one of their desires is to have “social amenities”. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the concept of “social amenities” and offer some recommendations on how to bring this concept to your community.

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10:46

Property Plastic Surgery

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/05/19

We all know that celebrities use plastic surgery to augment or alter their appearance. But how can a mobile home park share in this ability to improve the looks of the property using man-made products? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review some of the methods that allow you to increase your community’s beauty quickly and at a relatively low cost.

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11:19

The Biggest Tool Is Often Just A Little Cash

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/05/12

A “lever” is defined as “a rigid bar used to move a heavy load when pressure is applied to one end”. But in the mobile home park business, sometimes the strongest “lever” is made of paper and roughly 6” long. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the different ways in which a little cash can get the desired results if you know where to apply the “lever”.

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11:25

Road Tricks

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2025/05/05

It’s that time of year when mobile home park owner attention turns to property condition, which always includes thoughts on the roads. Paving companies are more than happy to suggest hugely expensive road upgrades. But how can you improve your roads with as little capital as possible? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore various options to get better roads at a low cost.

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11:34

Why Tenant "First Options" Rarely Happen

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2025/04/28

Virtually every state has, at some point, debated, denied or passed legislation regarding giving the tenants the "first option" to buy the property. They do this using faulty assumptions and absolutely zero understanding of how the "tenant-owned" process works. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the truth behind this issue and reveal what the government is apparently fully unaware of.

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11:13

The Power Of College Towns

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/04/21

When it comes to compelling locations to own a mobile home park in, college towns are at the top of the pack. But what makes college towns such successful settings for manufactured home communities? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore why having a college or university in a market gives it superior firepower when it comes to housing.

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10:32

Profiting From Interest Rate Distraction

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/04/14

Millions of investors are obsessed with the direction of interest rates. While that’s a noble pursuit, there’s a huge opportunity created by this distraction as far as mobile home parks are concerned. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to discuss why the late Sam Zell quote of “when everyone’s looking left, look right” applies to much of what’s going on right now.

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10:27

All About Rental Inspections

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/04/07

While most mobile home park owners prefer the “parking lot” model in which all of the homes are strictly owned by the residents, in some cases even well-managed properties may engage in rentals for various reasons. And if you’re going to rent mobile homes, it’s essential that you have a system of rental inspections. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the necessity of inspections and how to perform them properly.

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10:33

The Tiny Lot Playbook

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/04/01

It’s not uncommon to have lots of different sizes, but sometimes park owners have to make hard choices on how best to use their smallest parcels. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to discuss the different options for small lots and come to some mathematical conclusions on their most profitable uses.

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11:27

The Creative Dealmaker’s Playbook

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/03/24

In forging successful mobile home park deals, one of your most important tools is simply “thinking outside the box”. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review some of the most successful creative tactics to make deals work for both buyer and seller. As we’ll discuss, today’s winning buyer is a mixture of one part scientist and one part sculptor.

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13:31

The New Megatrends

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/03/17

The late John Naisbitt coined the term “megatrend” to describe “long-term and transformative forces” that he saw in the U.S. economy. But all megatrends start small and grow over time, like the Mighty Oak. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the new “megatrends” that impact the mobile home park sector with predictions on their direction over time.

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