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The MHP Brokers Tips and Tricks Closing Cocktail Podcast, Ryan Ramseur Hawk’s Nest Interview

July 3, 2023 by Maxwell Baker

In this episode of The MHP Broker’s Tips and Tricks Closing Cocktail podcast, Maxwell Baker, president of The Mobile Home Park Broker, interviewed leading company broker Ryan Ramseur about his recent deal selling Hawk’s Nest, a metro Tampa mobile home park.

This and every Tips and Tricks podcast episode is brought to you by The MHP Broker’s’  proprietary Community Price Maximizer. Use this four-step system to get the highest price possible for your mobile home park or RV community when you sell it through The MHP Broker. Guaranteed. Ask Max for details.

Here Are the Show Highlights:

  • Top-performing The MHP broker Ryan Ramseur got interviewed by Max on his recent transaction selling Hawk’s Nest Mobile Home Park in metro Tampa, FL. (Max, 0:22)
  • This was a 43-pad park with a well water and septic system for which the park owner was also the licensed operator. One major sales perk was that the owner was willing to stay on for awhile after the sale to help the new owner get established and make the transition as smooth as possible. (Ryan, 1:23)
  • Ryan was able to get almost list price for the property, which was a stable asset and a turnkey operation. He was also able to show the new owner the potential for increasing rents to get them up to market value. (Ryan, 2:06)
  • One takeaway that Ryan learned was that pride of ownership really shows, and increases the value of a park. The seller was very much a hands-on, involved owner who knew every tenant by name. By steadily investing in your property you can command a higher price when you go to sell. (Ryan, 2:42)

Want to buy or sell an RV park or mobile home community in the Tampa area or elsewhere through our innovative Community Price Maximizer platform? Just drop Max Baker a line at info@themhpbroker.com or give him a call at (678) 932-0200. You can also get in touch with Ryan directly at RRamseur@themhpbroker.com.

Power Quotes in This Episode:

“It’s nice when you have sellers that you know care enough about the incoming owner not to leave anybody hanging, and and willing to do whatever they can to make sure that the transition runs smoothly.(Ryan, 1:23)

“Whether they have a third party management company, or whether they’re very handson, and (as a buyer) having visited the property multiple times, you really get the takeaway of pride of ownership. (Ryan, 2:42)

“When you’re invested in your business, it shows on the back end, and you’re able to command a higher price ultimately.” (Ryan, 2:42)

00:02

Hello and welcome to the mobile home park brokers tips and tricks. This is the podcast where we talk about mobile home park investing, because that’s what we’ve been involved in for the last decade. Let’s dive into today’s episode. Here’s your host, Maxwell Baker.

00:22 Maxwell Baker

Hey y’all welcome to a another beautiful episode of the mobile home park brokers Tips and Tricks podcast. This episode is brought to you by the community price Maximizer. It is our proprietary system that will guarantee you a higher price. When you exclusively you list your community with us four step process and Ryan RAM soar actually use this process to get the highest price he could for this beautiful mobile home can meet our better yet RV community called Hawks Nest down in Tampa MSA market, it had about 43 pads. But I don’t want to steal Ryan’s thunder here. Ryan, welcome to the show. And congrats on another beautiful closing. Thanks, Max.

01:07 Ryan Ramseur

Happy to be here.

01:08 Maxwell Baker

So, tell me a little bit about this deal. Like I’d love to hear the highlights kind of the things you learn from it, why it was unique for the area and give the sellers out there a little bit of color on what we did for the previous seller that had this deal.

01:23 Ryan Ramseur

Yeah, absolutely. So this park in particular, as you mentioned, Max was a 43 space RV park service by well water and septic. Interesting thing about this park is the seller is actually the licensed operator for both systems. And further discussions with the seller he was actually willing to stay on for new ownership to help with that transition. So it’s nice when you have sellers that you know care enough about the incoming owner, not to leave anybody hanging and, and willing to do whatever they can to make sure that the transition runs smoothly.

02:02 Maxwell Baker

Gotcha. Gotcha and you got a pretty good price on it and yeah!

02:06 Ryan Ramseur

we almost got full list price on this. Whenever you have in place management in particular, you know, a seller that’s hands on, you know, nothing goes by the wayside. So everything was pretty much turnkey, as it would be to turn it over to the new buyer. You know, pretty much a turnkey operation from day one with the ability to increase rents to get them up to market and, you know, stable asset all the way around. So pretty nice opportunity,

02:36 Maxwell Baker

As a broker, what do you think you’ve walked away learning from this specific transaction the most,

02:42 Ryan Ramseur

You know, when you look at sellers, whether they have a third party management company, or whether they’re very hands on, and having visited the property multiple times, you really get the take away of pride and ownership. And this was very much on hand with this park, you could tell that the owner was was involved on a day to day operational basis. He knew all the tenants by name. And you can just tell that he ran a smooth operation. So you know, I think when when you’re invested in your business, it shows on the back end, and you’re able to command a higher price ultimately, at the end of the day.

03:20 Maxwell Baker

Yeah, definitely. Well, Ryan, this podcast is actually going out to all the sellers in the area. So if you’re a seller of an RV, or even a mobile home community in the Tampa area, and we’d like to talk to us a little bit more about running your park through the community price Maximizer platform, or if you just want to ready get some offers on it, give us a call (678) 932-0200 or email us at info@themhpbroker.com. You can also reach out to Ryan directly at rramseur@themhpbroker.com. Ryan, can you spell your handle for the audience because Imma butcher your last name there.

04:13 Ryan Ramseur

So, it’s rramseur@themhpbroker.com

04:23 Maxwell Baker

Thank you all for listening. Give us a call. We look forward to hearing from you and let’s keep moving forward.

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Maxwell Baker

Maxwell R. Baker founded The MHP Broker in 2009 as a commercial real estate broker specializing in helping Investors buy and sell mobile home communities throughout the Southeast. His family got started with mobile home parks in 2000 where Max gained experience in management, rehabilitation, and selling mobile home parks. Today, The MHP Broker has grown to a team of several agents with expanded services focused on owner and investor brokerage services, mobile home park audits, and in-depth market research, resulting in the sale of over $500 million worth of mobile home communities.