Need advise on trailer park investment

Need advise on trailer park investment

Handyman · el paso, TX · Member since 2011 · 4 posts · 0 votes

I came across a trailer park investment idea and I need your input to see if it makes sense. 1.2 acres valued by the city at $125K there are 19 trailers on this property in which 2 trailers belongs to the park (paying rent and payment for the trailer) and being sold to the renters at this moment. Park makes $57K a year and the owner says $15K of expenses a year to maintain the park (he pays water/sewage, property tax and clean up) . Asking price is $300K which includes the property, two trailers and the business. Now from my calculations (please correct me if I am wrong) $50K down $250K financed at 7% which gives less than $1700 a month payment. $57K makes roughly $4600 a month income minus $1700 payment and $1300 for the expenses total expenses $3K. From here there is about $1600 a month net profit is obtained. Now the real question is, if it is worth $300K. I was told that if something happens and you lose all the tenants you have a $250K loan with a $125K property. However I don’t think people will get up and move a trailer which costs thousands of dollars and leave especially if the rent is not been increased. These tenants have been living here long time. It seems like a good deal please give me your input about this investment opportunity. I am new to investment and I don’t know if I am missing anything or not adding.

Price $300K
$50 K down $250K financed @7% 30 yr = 1700 month
Expenses $1700 + 1300 =$3K
Income $57K - $36K expenses = $21K net income /yr

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  • Dion DePaoliPro Member
    Real Estate Broker · Northwest Indiana, IN · Member since 2011 · 2k+ posts · 2k+ votes
    14y

    I suppose its good to have that fear. What sort of lease or rental agreements do the occupants have? What is the term of those agreements? That will tell you when folks are moving out and when you can increase rents, etc. It is not super likely that they will all move out at the same time but you might want to think about how you plan to get new renters in moving forward in the event folks don't renew. Also you plan to collect on non payment. If these are 19 pads that have been rented for 15 years, that is pretty good if any majority concentration of those 19 pads has a good long term rent to it, you are doing pretty good.

    You will want to look at the rent roll and get an idea of what sort of non payment or late payment risk you are getting into as well. Essentially each pad is $250 per month, your expenses are $66 per month leaving you $184 per month in gross profit per pad.

    Did you look at any of the common areas and get an idea of what is needed to maintain or rehab those areas? Some parks have no common areas and some have club house and showers etc.

    The county appraiser is not returning a value which includes the cash flow on the property. In the event all the renters left you would not have cash flow which is adding value to the property. Thus the value of the project would be just for the land value which would be less than the value of the real property and the cash flow. Such is the same for all commercial real estate with cash flow.

    It looks like they are pricing around a capitalization rate of about 14% which is pretty decent. With your leverage the return looks good, it is not too bad with more equity into the deal either.

  • Kissimmee, FL · Member since 2011 · 2 posts · 0 votes
    14y

    My opinion is, only do the deal if you will have a positive cash flow after expenses paid every month and the ROI is good. Reality is as long as the economy is going the way it's going now, you'll be fine. I would look to consider renting space to someone who has ambitions to to open a small grocery mart or a food truck to bring in additional revenue. Best of luck to and much success.

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