mobile homes
Real Estate Interviews by Joshua Dorkin | June 18, 2011John Fedro is a mobile home real estate investor and coach. In our interview with John (25:16 minutes), we get into topics such as starting out in mobile homes, why you need to know as many real estate strategies as possible, why “secrets” won’t make or break your business, a day in the life of [...]
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 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 Investing by John Fedro | August 22, 2010As an active real estate investor who has been investing in mobile homes for the past decade, I have come to the realization that the one of the single greatest advantages of investing in mobile homes for long-term profit is the ‘Lack’ of affordable bank financing for qualified buyers. Let’s start from the beginning. A [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | June 4, 2010 
In a previous article, 5 Ways to Make Money Investing in Mobile Homes, I spoke of five unique ways for anyone with ambition to make money with mobile homes. Over the next few weeks, we will cover each topic in depth. The first and perhaps easiest method to making money with manufactured homes, or any real [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by John Fedro | April 30, 2010I had the great fortune to talk with some great real estate investors this week at a local REIA meeting. After the meeting concluded I hung around and began mingling with the locals, no one amazingly had ever invested in manufactured housing. I spent the next three hours regaling a group of doe eyed newbie [...]
Financing Real Estate by John Fedro | April 9, 2010 
Securing traditional financing for mobile homes and manufactured homes can sometimes seem difficult, especially in our current economical market. Whether the mobile home is new to you or being refinanced, lenders typically have stricter underwriting guidelines than more traditional site build homes. Building codes changed in late 2005 after the severe hurricane season experienced in [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | March 27, 2010Whether you are just starting to dip your toes into the ocean that is real estate, or are free diving in the great blue yonder, you need to be aware of the rules that govern your ability to maximize your success. You have most likely heard that there are countless ways to become profitable within [...]
Real Estate Investing by John Fedro | January 9, 2010 
The date was May 20th, 2002 and was standing (mouth open in shock) inside my “newest” mobile home acquisition; a 1981 doublewide located in a clean mobile home park. When I originally looked and agreed to buy the mobile home I did my own inspection. Upon inspecting the home I only quickly walked thru and [...]
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