October 2026 Mobile Home Park Investing Newsletter

The correct time to buy mobile home parks is when interest rates are high rather than low. That’s because high rates – if used as a tool – can create even higher overall yields. Look no further than 2009 to see how some of the best park deals in history were forged during the high interest rates before quantitative easing kicked in.

Blackstone – one of America’s largest private equity groups – has defaulted on a $1.3 billion apartment portfolio, known as the “Blackjack” deal. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the lessons learned from this catastrophe, and what it means for the mobile home park industry.

Some of the best mobile home parks in America were built in the 1950s and early 1960s, when the showpiece home was about 8’ x 40’. These parks often sit in terrific locations. They went in before the city grew up around them, and no city would approve a new park there today. The catch is the lots. They were sized for homes nobody builds anymore. If you want those locations, you have to know how to judge small lots.

It’s always hard for deal makers to let go of certain targets, as their inherent wiring tells them to never give up. But there are situations in which deals need to be removed from the “never surrender” list. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the fact that, in certain cases, persistence turns into futility.

It’s been seven years since John Oliver and other liberal idiots launched a full-scale media attack on the mobile home park industry. Since then, there’s been very little of any real note. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore how the industry got so lucky and why, in this case, history really can’t repeat itself.

Michelle Opelt has been managing mobile home parks for six years and has handled the turn-around, collections, occupancy, property condition – even political and media challenges – on over 6,000 lots in mostly the Great Plains and Midwest. In this discussion we’re going to handle a myriad of operational topics ranging from the best way to collect money to creating the “value” perception that helps increase rents.

Filling vacant lots is mostly about buying new or used mobile homes and selling them. But there are some low odds shots you can also take to get the job done. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review some of the attack plans available to fill lots that have only a tiny chance of working – but are worth the effort.

A mouse thinks that all is fine with grabbing that bit of cheese and then suddenly the mousetrap springs shut. And the same can happen if you start buying mobile home parks without a complete knowledge of how these investments work and what you should avoid. In this short video, Frank explains the necessity of straightforward information and how the best way to attain this may be at our next Masterclass, held in Frank’s dining room in his National Historic Landmark home in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. It’s a two-day immersion event that is the only in-person training we offer and the last opportunity for 2026 is coming up November 7th and 8th.

Owning a mobile home park is not a one-person operation. Even if you make every major decision yourself, the quality of the people around you can determine how smoothly the property runs, how quickly problems get solved, and how much unnecessary stress you create.