Archive of John Fedro's Articles
John is a real estate investor specializing in Manufactured housing and makes a FT living from these passive investments. You can too
John has written 53 article(s) for the BiggerPockets Blog.
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | February 12, 2011Ideally, I have a number of goals, whenever I enter into a real estate transaction which I intend to buy and hold for passive profits. Two very important goals of any deal are to allow the home I purchase to pay for itself, and to allow the home to pay me cash-flow every single month. [...]
Real Estate by John Fedro | January 29, 2011Severe wind storms can be a manufactured home owner’s worst nightmare. Thankfully since 1976 there have been new safety standards created and modified to help regulate and protect the nearly 22 million manufactured home owners during natural disasters. Below is a visual inspection checklist to help keep your manufactured home safe in the event of [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | January 22, 2011 
A unique quality to factory built housing is that these homes can simply be swapped out for newer models whenever the owner gets bored of his or her interior surroundings. This “trading up” to an updated model manufactured home leaves many owners with an extremely undervalued extra home for sale. Many times these unwanted manufactured [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by John Fedro | January 15, 2011Repair grants make it helpful for many Americans to make safety renovations and code compliance improvements to their homesteads. The federal government along with many local state and county agencies all have operating loan and grant programs available for home owners in need of making some cosmetic or structural repairs to their dwellings. Like all [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | January 8, 2011Over the past 30 months, really from the beginning of July 2008 in my case I noticed a clear change in the demographic while I am reselling my used manufactured homes. A big part of my real estate strategy while selling homes is selling them with a required down payment and set monthly payments thereafter [...]
Real Estate by John Fedro | January 1, 2011At first glance manufactured homes, modular homes, and mobile homes may all look the same, but be aware there are many subtle and obvious differences both inside and outside between the three kinds of homes. Whether you are looking to move into a new home of your own or are ready to invest in your [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | December 25, 2010 
Once you have closed a few deals you will find it not necessary most of the time to hire inspectors or contractors to inspect your mobile home properties before you purchase them. With their simple shapes and what you see is what you get construction, these homes allow for anyone knowing what to look for, [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | December 18, 2010If you are thinking about perusing an investing career in the wonderful arena of mobile home investing you are going to need to familiarize yourself with your local parks. It is important to step back and maintain an ‘investors’ opinion. (Notice I didn’t say unbiased opinion) Below is a list mental notes to take when [...]
Real Estate by John Fedro | December 13, 2010As the baby-boomer generation begins to retire, the need for affordable senior housing may be on the rise. This coming potential wave of senior housing demand can translate into a fortune for anyone ready to see ahead of the coming market. Chance favors the prepared mind. How might you benefit? Now is the time to [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | December 4, 2010 
As real estate investors it can often times seem that the hardest part of investing is locating where our next deal will come from. In the early part of my investing career I struggled with how much energy and time to invest into each seller before I would give up on a deal.. Scenario 1: [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Marketing by John Fedro | November 20, 2010 
My goal as a real estate investor is to make purchase offers to every mobile home seller I can; let them know how I can help and hopefully make a winning deal to purchase a good property at a great deal. Most of the time this advertising does not involve anything fancy: just good old [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by John Fedro | November 6, 2010 
Have you ever questioned how other people see you? Almost everyone thinks these thoughts daily on some conscious level. If you have a fear of speaking to others or simply a lack of confidence then perhaps you should pick a new “Investing Persona.” Through constant development this has helped me make improvements to my personal [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | October 29, 2010One of the top questions I receive about mobile home investing is what if your tenants or payment buyers stop paying you, trash your property, then leave. This article is to help alleviate these preventable worries. Every time I hear this question, it comes from someone who is role-playing in their mind the worst case [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | October 22, 2010 
In most areas of the country annual property taxes are due for nearly all residential property, vacant land, and most private businesses alike, excluding nonprofit organizations, government buildings and other specific organizations. State and local governments have done a respectable job in most areas to make available exemptions to reduce the cost to many in [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | October 21, 2010 
There are many reasons why a mobile home owner would choose to legally join their mobile home with a plot of land. Think of a mobile home Title and the Deed to a plot of land two separate things? They are! A mobile home that sits on land may still be separate in the eyes [...]
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by John Fedro | November 6, 2010Have you ever questioned how other people see you? Almost everyone thinks these thoughts daily on some conscious level. If you have a fear of speaking to others or simply a lack of confidence then perhaps you should pick a new “Investing Persona.” Through constant development this has helped me make improvements to my personal [...]