Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFollowing The Studebaker Motto
Episode 292
The Studebaker brothers built one of America’s largest and most successful carriage and automobile businesses using a simple motto: “always give more…
2 years, 11 months ago
How To Hold An Open House
Episode 291
The demand for affordable housing is huge, but finding the applicant with the necessary down-payment, earnings level and credit score to actually buy…
2 years, 11 months ago
Similarities And Differences
Episode 290
There have been a number of recent articles predicting lending problems for “commercial real estate”. But there is no such thing as generic “commerci…
2 years, 11 months ago
Considerations When A Manager Wants A Raise
Episode 289
America is in a labor tsunami in which it’s harder to find and retain workers than ever before. In this environment, many mobile home park owners fac…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Science Behind Selling $70,000 Singlewides
Episode 288
Mobile home prices have nearly doubled since the advent of Covid, and that has put a stress test on selling “trailers”. However, many mobile home par…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Playbook On Bank Failure
Episode 287
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank – the second largest in U.S. history – may be ushering in a new era of banking collapse. In this Mobile Home Park…
3 years ago
Unlocking The Roots of A Sense of Community
Episode 286
A few years ago Time magazine declared that “mobile home parks are the gated communities of the less affluent” and raved about their strong sense of …
3 years ago
Off-Site Vs. On-Site Managers
Episode 285
As the mobile home park industry evolves, owners are constantly pondering not only what the new role of community manager is becoming but also the ne…
3 years ago
Why Credit Scores Don’t Mean Much In Affordable Housing
Episode 284
Mobile home lenders set very low expectations on customer credit scores yet enjoy very low default rates. This seems to be contrary to all the physic…
3 years ago
The Limits On Grandfathering Protection
Episode 283
Even though all cities hate mobile home parks, they tolerate them because of property laws governing legal non-conforming use – also known as “grandf…
3 years, 1 month ago