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Benjamin Dodd
  • Gilmer, TX
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Mobile Home / RV Park

Benjamin Dodd
  • Gilmer, TX
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Investment Info:

Mobile home buy & hold investment in Gilmer.

Purchase price: $135,000
Cash invested: $14,000

This is a 12 lot Mobile Home/RV Park.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Found the deal on the MLS.

How did you finance this deal?

Local bank.

How did you add value to the deal?

Fixed the roads, rented more spots, And raised lot rent to the market rate.

What was the outcome?

When we bought it there were only 5 spots rented. The deal came with 3 mobile homes and 2 RVs. Only 1 of the 3 homes were being rented. We sold two homes right off the bat. The other we owner financed (they just payed it of) we trashed one RV and sold the other. There are now 8 spots rented and we don’t own any of the homes.

Lessons learned? Challenges?

It’s hard to get people to move
Their own mobile home. But if you can buy a home and move it to your park it’s pretty easy to sell it.

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    IBEJesus O Prince
    • Rental Property Investor
    • Augusta, GA
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    IBEJesus O Prince
    • Rental Property Investor
    • Augusta, GA
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    @Benjamin Dodd

    Thanks so much for sharing your investment with us!

    There's a huge demand for an RV Rental/Mobile home park in the next town. We have 3-5 big stable plant employers in that area and alot of the workers are forced to commute an hour+ due to the limited units in the surrounding area.

    I like to think it's my duty to supply that demand and secure my investment future. 

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