Is this a good Mobile Home deal?
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Pete Schwan Commercial Real Estate Broker from CAMBRIDGE, MA
posted over 1 year agoHello BP,
I'm looking at a deal and trying to determine what to do. Here are the details. Should I be looking at the figures as two separate deals? The mobile home park and the apartment building?
~4 Acres approved for 16 mobile homes. 4 Mobile homes existing, 3/4 are in disrepair. Also included in the sale is a 4 Unit building with 3/1 Beds and 1/Studio. NOI of all 8 units combined is $41,320. Asking price is $275K.
My concern is: Would I be buying a huge head ache?
Andriy Boychuk Investor from Staten Island, New York
replied over 1 year ago@Pete Schwan do you plan to manage it yourself? do you have any MHP operationg experience?
Pete Schwan Commercial Real Estate Broker from CAMBRIDGE, MA
replied over 1 year ago@Andriy Boychuk There is an on-site property manager who comes with the deal. Also, my father and I would manage the rest. I have property management experience and real estate investment but not mobile home experience.
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replied over 1 year agoAnalyze as two separate deals. Mobile home side looks like just land value right now but check out mobilehomeuniversity.com to get up to speed. What condition is the infrastructure, ie public water/well or public sewer/septic or public gas/propane? Find a partner with MHP experience to determine scrap/rehab those homes. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but my final thought is to lose the property manager, 4 out of 16 homes occupied and 3 of those allowed to deteriorate? Really? Good luck.
Nathan Gornto Vendor from Athens, Georgia
replied over 1 year agoI agree, my first thought went to the property manager as well-if 3 of 4 homes are in disrepair then preventative maintenance is something the property manager probably ignored and is not worth the expense. Tread carefully, there could be any number of expensive repairs that you aren't aware of. Just my two cents , Good luck
Andriy Boychuk Investor from Staten Island, New York
replied over 1 year ago@Pete Schwan how much is the lot rent? will the seller finance the deal?
Pete Schwan Commercial Real Estate Broker from CAMBRIDGE, MA
replied over 1 year agoThe owner owns the homes and rents them at $500/piece. The seller wont finance.
Jeff Lezark Lender from Boca Raton, Florida
replied over 1 year agoAnalyze as 2 deals. The mobile homes are technically 'personal property' and the value is in the dirt. Most MHP buyers have -0- interest in owning the homes as the cost of maintaining them can be prohibitive. Not to mention obtaining insurance for them which is also very expensive.
The property manager is not doing anyone any favors. I'm in full agreement with the others calling for a change there.
Moshe H. Investor from Ramapo, New York
replied over 1 year agoI don't know anything special about mobile home parks but I did come across this article the other day. Definitely worth looking at if the deal requires you to basically install 12 more mobile units:
http://www.mobilehomeuniversity.com/articles/why-you-dont-want-to-build-a-mobile-home-park.php
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