On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:07:20 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:14:39 -0500,
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:10:17 -0500, micky
wrote:

Do mobile homes need special land preparation before they are put in
place, in mobile home parks?

Cement pads?

Drainage (in addition to sewer connection)?


Does buying vacant land in Texas and building a mobile home park seem
like a good investment to you?

Have you looked at the zoning?

It's supposed to have the zoning already, but that it might still need a
building permit, right?

Most places will not let you start a new trailer park.
Land zoned for trailers is a gold mine in Florida because it is
getting rarer every day.
Investment banks are not buying trailer parks because they are
financially troubled, they buy them because the residents are stuck
and they can be bled dry.
They will make the owner an offer they can't refuse.

The 35+ acre park up the street from me just sold for $15.25 million.
Rents immediately went up about 50%. The people have to pay or just
walk away from their trailer because most can't be moved. (The new
building code would kick in if they move)

Ugh.

Like I said, if you can buy land zoned for trailers that ain't fumbuck
Arkansas, It might be a good investment.
You do have a big capital expense up front. Lots of land development
to get utilities and services to their sites and maybe even a sewer
plant if the city isn't there but as things are going, there are
plenty of people who can only afford a mobile home and you can suck
their blood out of them through their credit card. Welcome to being an
HO gauge Berkshire Hathaway.