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Everybody seems to be feeling it: there has been a change in the commercial real estate lending market, including lending for Manufactured Home Communities (MHCs). Have we finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel?

With the price of oil nearing $100 a barrel, and other commodities heading up sharply, only a fool would not see the trend to a more inflationary environment in the U.S..

Mobile home park investing is one of the most misunderstood - and most lucrative - forms of real estate investing. With cap rates of 10% to 20%, and cash-on-cash returns of 20% to 40%, it stands as the highest yielding real estate asset class.

When purchasing a manufactured home community, experienced investors focus considerable pre-purchase due diligence on the community's utility systems. This infrastructure is a large part of the value of most properties.

Once you have a tenant in your community you are, for lack of a more politically correct way of saying this stuck with them. Keeping this in mind, there are a few things you can do to improve the quality of future tenants and help you collect from those tenants who end up owing you money.

It's exciting. You just purchased a manufactured home community. It has fifty (50) sites, forty eight (48) of which are occupied by home owning tenants paying $300/month in rent. You were pleased to purchase it for $960,000, or $20,000 per site.

Decide to save money by reusing old rickety wood steps without hand rails on all your show homes;

For the last six months, I’ve served on The Woodlands, Texas Chamber of Commerce Health Care Program Committee. These efforts culminated on April 27th with a conference that featured health care providers, hospital CEO’s, health insurance professionals, and a Congressman.

I've often said that if I had a dollar for each time I am asked during the year...  'So...what's your lowest rate?'   A mortgage professional can tel...

It seems all we talk about these days is 'the competition' and how to beat them. From board games to reality TV, the concept has never been more prevalent in modern culture. But when does quality come into play?