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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

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

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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

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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

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

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

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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

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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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12:50

Should They Stay Or Should They Go?

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2025/03/10

When you buy a mobile home park, one of the first decisions you have to make is whether to keep the existing manager or to replace them. Legacy managers often come with a book of knowledge but their potentially bad traits may make them toxic to your park’s performance. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the science behind making that choice correctly.

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The Fine Points Of Converting From Private To...

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2025/03/04

While municipal utilities are universally preferred, many mobile home parks have private water, sewer or both. Yet, in some cases, there is access to lines available to potentially convert the park over to the “city” utility equivalent. But should you consider doing so? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the important considerations needed to make the right decision.

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11:43

The New Direction Of HUD And How It Will Benefit The...

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2025/02/24

Scott Turner is the new head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And he’s bringing a new vision and mission that will impact many aspects of the mobile home park industry going forward – in a very positive way. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore Turner’s new hot button topics.

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Successfully Applying The Principles Of Doge To Parks

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2025/02/18

While the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency is trying to reduce cost on a national level, many of these same principles apply to mobile home parks. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the real-life methods to perform a DOGE study on your property and discuss many of the areas that virtually every mobile home park can do a better job in.

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12:56

Methods To Keep Homes From Moving Out

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/02/10

Every time a mobile home pulls out of a lot in your community, you lose a ton of money. Park owners have been pondering for years the magic of how to keep homes from leaving. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the methods attempted over the years and explore the only real solutions to keeping occupied lots from becoming vacant.

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11:29

Home Placement Solutions

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/02/03

A mobile home park is like a chess board with many options to place your pieces, not just the ones that come with the owner’s manual. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the reasons that you might want to change the positioning of your mobile homes, the typical rules regarding that customization, and where these slight park redesigns may be heading in the future.

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11:53

A New Development In Park Development

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/01/26

We have been talking for years about the difficulty in building new mobile home parks. However, there has been a shift in the parable of how you can get a permit to build yet still be in a desirable area. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the new face of park development and why that’s a great thing for the industry.

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11:50

The Importance of "Riding The Wave"

Mobile Home Park Mastery ·

2025/01/21

Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, was the first to explore the necessity of "riding the wave". And his lessons learned transfer well to mobile home park management. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we're going to review what he meant, how he came to form this opinion, and how all mobile home park owners and managers need to embrace this important tenet.

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10:04

A New Lease On Life

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2025/01/13

Most community owners raise their rents annually, and typically in the Spring. As part of that process, they often have to get new leases and rules signed. Additionally, every time you buy a new mobile home park you are going to have to get new leases and rules executed. But how do you navigate that process? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the methodology to do this correctly.

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