Seller guides for RV park owners

Sixteen plain-English guides. Each covers what buyers and lenders will scrutinize, a get-ready checklist, and how to request a free Glitch Audit.

• 01 · Septic

  Your Septic System Is Either Equity or an Excuse. You Get to Decide Which.

  A plain-English guide for RV park owners: get your septic system, pump records, and permits ready before a buyer's inspector runs the Saturday-night test.

• 02 · Electrical

  Pedestals, Amps, and the Hottest Saturday of the Year

  What buyers check on RV park electrical: pedestals, 30A vs 50A, grounding, service capacity, and summer load. A plain checklist for owners getting ready to sell.

• 03 · Office & reservations

  The Front Desk Is Where Your Sale Price Gets Written Down

  How you take reservations, deposits, and after-hours calls shows up in your sale price. A plain guide for RV park owners on office records buyers and lenders want.

• 04 · Utilities & sub-metering

  The Master Bill Is Not the Cost of Doing Business. It Is a Leak.

  Paying the master electric and water bill for long-term guests quietly lowers your park's value. How sub-metering and clean utility records help at sale.

• 05 · Water systems

  Water Is the Quiet System Until It Isn't

  Wells, water pressure, testing, and permits: what buyers and lenders check on an RV park water system, and how owners can get ready before a sale.

• 06 · Books, T-12 & rent roll

  Buyers Don't Pay for What You Made. They Pay for What You Can Prove.

  Buyers pay for income they can prove. How RV park owners build a T-12, rent roll, and records that survive a buyer's and lender's review.

• 07 · Valuation basics

  What Is Your Park Really Worth? Here's How a Buyer Does the Math.

  How buyers and lenders actually value an RV park: NOI, cap rates, expense floors, and repair costs. A plain guide for owners thinking about selling.

• 08 · Seller financing & closing

  You Have More Ways to Sell Than "Cash, Take It or Leave It"

  Cash, hybrid, or full seller carry: how RV park owners can structure a sale, what to put in writing, and how escrow and closing work. Plain-English guide.

• 09 · Confidential sale

  A Rumor Is an Occupancy Problem. Sell Quietly.

  How RV park owners can sell without spooking tenants or staff: confidential teasers, NDAs, proof of funds, and controlled tours. A plain guide.

• 10 · Wild cards: title, zoning, permits

  The Wild Card: Paperwork You Forgot About Can Stop a Sale Cold

  Liens, zoning, site-count permits, boundaries, environmental reports, and flood zones: the wild cards that stall RV park sales, and how owners can clear them early.

• 11 · Roads, pads & buildings

  Paint Last. Prove the Machine First.

  Deferred maintenance on roads, pads, bathhouses, and buildings shapes a buyer's offer. What to fix, what to document, and why curb appeal comes last.

• 12 · Taxes at sale

  The Price Is Not What You Keep. Talk to Your CPA Before You Pick a Structure.

  Capital gains, depreciation recapture, and installment sales: what RV park owners should ask their CPA before choosing all cash or seller financing.

• 13 · The Park Doctor

  The Park Doctor: A Checkup Before the Buyer's Exam

  The Park Doctor walks RV park owners through a pre-sale checkup: septic, electrical, utilities, books, and taxes, so buyers can't use surprises to cut your price.

• 14 · Sell or stabilize

  Sell Now, Stabilize First, or Keep Going? An Honest Way to Decide.

  Tired of running the park? How to decide whether to sell now, fix the glitches first, or hold, and what buyers will look at either way.

• 15 · FSBO guide

  How to Sell Your RV Park Without Handing Over a Big Commission

  A plain, four-step roadmap for RV park owners selling owner-direct: clean books, prove the infrastructure, screen buyers quietly, then price and close.

• 16 · The Glitch Is the Equity

  The Glitch Is the Equity

  Septic strain, 30-amp pedestals, unmetered utilities, messy books: why these RV park glitches are fixable value, not deal-breakers, and how to use them at sale.