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Mobile home parks (MHPs) are ripe for consolidation due to a couple of prevailing trends:  1) Aging mom and pop owners 2) Increasing corporate and private investor interest in this highly profitable segment. Consolidation happens when ownership moves from single mom and pop owner-operators to corporate owners and professional operators owning multiple properties. It took longer for…

As the COVID-19 rollout is accelerated, we can expect the return to normalcy to also pick up steam – in business, social situations, school, travel, etc. Life will never be the same post-COVID, but what can we expect to see in the crucial areas of our lives including housing, investments, employment, travel, etc. for 2021? What will…

Private capital has never been hotter for funding real estate acquisitions and other private business ventures. According to a recent SEC report, in 2019, for the first time, more capital was raised through Reg. D (the most widely used SEC private exemption) offerings than from registered offerings (i.e., IPOs). Most real estate syndications rely on…

When you first roll into a casino, you don’t usually put all your chips down on your first hand or the first roll. It was a long drive or flight to the casino and you don’t want to go home after just one sitting.  You’re cautious at first but as you win more and more…

On New Year’s Eve in 1967, daredevil Evel Knievel attempted to jump over the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Falling short on the jump, Knievel crashed spectacularly, suffering a crushed pelvis and femur and fractures to his hip, wrist, and both ankles. He spent several weeks in the hospital recovering. 22 years later,…

If you’ve ever played in a pickup basketball game, you’ll know who I’m about to refer to. There’s always that one guy who does all the trash-talking, the fancy dribbling and barking for everyone to pass him the ball, but there’s just one problem. He can never back up the hype with his play. Once…

What investment goals/metrics are right for you? Just like there are no two personalities that are alike, there are no two investors that are alike. In terms of what’s right for you, I can’t answer that question, but I can lay out the investing landscape for you to assess for yourself the right strategy for…

For the real estate investor, hiring the right real estate attorney for your transactional needs can mean the difference between a smooth transition in the acquisition roadmap and years of litigation trying to reverse a bad deal. You do not want just a good attorney, you want the right attorney. There are a lot of…

Over the holidays, you may gather in smaller groups but no matter who you socialize with, talking business will inevitably come up. As an attorney and investor, I get a lot of questions – both legal and investing-related – no matter where I go. Many think I’m a walking encyclopedia. I try to stay in my…

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned” “A penny sav’d, is a penny got” were the actual words Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Poor Richard’s Almanac in 1737, but the connotation is the same. Besides all his other many talents, Benjamin Franklin was also a brilliant businessman and he understood the power of saving money as well as…