RV park guests are remarkably consistent in what they value, regardless of rig size, length of stay, or travel budget. If you are evaluating an RV park to buy, or thinking about improving one you already own, understanding these priorities helps separate durable properties from marginal ones.

RV Park buyers all have different financial conditions and down-payment restrictions, but the good news is that there are methods to buy RV Parks with very low – or no – capital required. In this RV Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review the methods of buying RV Parks with lower amounts of money at your disposal.

Around a year ago, Dan McDunn bought Trinity Alps RV Park in California as a turnaround project and was nice enough to start sending us videos of his accomplishments there. Now that the year is ending, we wanted to check in with Dan on the progress.

Any serious buyer should insist on a minimum of three years of operating figures. One year alone cannot represent the true performance of a seasonal property. By taking multi-year averages, you see:

The late Sam Zell – the largest owner of RV Parks in the U.S. – often said “when a deal has low-risk and high-reward you should always buy it, when a deal has high-risk and low-reward you should never buy it, and the only deals you need to think about are high-risk/high-reward ones”. In this RV Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore how to properly analyze high-risk/high-reward deals.