Any fellow retirees own a Mobile home park as part of their income stream? Would love to ask some questions via PM or emails.
Any fellow retirees own a Mobile home park as part of their income stream? Would love to ask some questions via PM or emails.
I read somewhere that a trailer park was purchased, rents raised and a sign put out front, sex offenders and parolees live here.
The rationale was, with probation officers and cops routinely and randomly present to check on "clients" kept drugs and pushers out, no little ones to make noise, no need for children's playground. Since these folks have difficulty finding living quarters, this was a fine solution.
The owner liked the results so much he now has several and looking to convert more parks to the same theme.
Surely not for me though, Even if it works well it would be too much hassle and cut into my various sporting endeavors.
Didn't I see this on Arrested Development?
Mobile homes are a very cost efficient way to live. I have wondered if the negative connotations we sometimes see in the media are more marketing oriented because the homes cost less to build and are smaller, which means less to furnish and less hyperconsumption overall. They may end up being a good source of housing for aging baby boomers who have no savings other than SS. I don't have the personality type to run a mobile home park, but I think a 55+ park could be a good investment, especially in areas like California where regular housing prices may be unaffordable for seniors living on SS alone.
How the Trailer Park Could Save Us All
http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/how-the-trailer-park-could-save-us-all-55137
"A healthy, inexpensive, environmentally friendly solution for housing millions of retiring baby boomers is staring us in the face. We just know it by a dirty name."
Not long after we were married my wife and I were spending a day at Pismo Beach, a really beautiful spot. She had taken her ring off and put it in a shirt pocket so she could dig in the sand. I believe we were running and at one point she realized that her ring was gone. We both felt awful, but she managed to turn around and retrace her steps, down to remembering when she had jumped over something. She got down and started digging in the sand, and unbelievably there was her ring! Ever since I have had a good feeling about Pismo Beach.I hope they are in pleasant weather areas or they are better built now. I remember in the late 80s just starting my career and being "trailer trash" with 2 other guys. The damn heating bill in winter was about $400 a month. Thank God the bill was split 3 ways. It was higher than the rent! Almost 30 years later my home heating bill never peaked above 1/3 of that and I live in same area.
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