My first mobile home park deal was $400,000 with $10,000 down and the seller carrying the $390,000 mortgage. My second deal was $62,000 with $5,000 down and the seller carrying the paper. My fifth deal was a true zero down transaction with the seller carrying the full $850,000 purchase price. Over the past 30 years we have done around 12 "no money down" mobile home park deals. And here's what you need to know about buying "trailer parks" for next to nothing.

Back in the late 1990s – a period in which few investors gave a second thought to mobile home parks – there occurred perhaps the industry’s greatest failure. Known as the “Great Chattel Collapse”, this horrific event resulted in a roughly 70% reduction in mobile home manufacturing and bankrupted many home lenders. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore what lead to this event and what the industry learned as a result.

A good turnaround plan can fix management, collections, and curb appeal. But it cannot magically move the property to a stronger market, replace an entire utility system cheaply, or redesign lots that were laid out wrong decades ago. The goal is to buy a park that already has the core structure working in your favor.

Mobile home parks are often like villages in which residents rarely tread beyond their familiar territory – yet there are huge benefits for park owners in helping to make their connection to the community at large. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore how mobile home park owners can expand their residents’ support network.

It is remarkable that Andrew Cramer has done 37 mobile home park transactions over the past 15 years, with 20 parks still in his portfolio. But what’s more impressive is that he accomplished this in one of the most competitive markets in the U.S.: the states of Washington and Oregon.

At a time in which office, hotel and retail properties are mostly upside down with values lower than their debts, it often amazes people that mobile home parks have been free from such problems. What they don’t realize is that mobile home parks have a unique business model that limits downside and is uniquely aligned with all U.S. megatrends. And don’t just take our word for it. Billionaire Peter Thiel and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell have also spotted this.

Imagine a mobile home park as a chess board and every vacant lot as an opportunity to make the right move towards your goal of maximizing park income, value, and ease of operations. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the time-proven methods to optimize your move on each and every vacant lot.

A strong mobile home park investment starts with understanding what separates average properties from those with lasting value. In real estate, fundamentals matter more than fleeting trends. For mobile home parks, a few core characteristics shape long-term performance and investor returns.

The New Year is here and 2026 has the potential to be one of the industry’s finest on a number of fronts. In this video Frank Rolfe will explore his Top Ten predictions for the mobile home park industry including both good and bad byproducts of these revelations. If you are looking for timely observations of what to expect in 2026 – so you can plan accordingly – then this video should get you started.

Peace and tranquility is not often associated with lending, but the point is to always continue pressing forward towards that goal. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore methods to reduce stress and worry and mitigate the inherent risk of fickle lending markets.