There are any number of reasons that a home in a park would be favored over one on private property today. There is a great article by Chrissy Jackson. “Private Property or a Land-Lease Community?” that cam be found online at http://mhweekly.com/stories.php?nid=5014 that should give park owners most of the ammunition they need.

Price is perhaps the greatest point in favor of a home in a park. Many well located, comfortable and secure location older homes in excellent condition can be purchased for about what the average home buyer would have to put down for a new home and land.

Any park owner that is not making it at this time should consider selling. At this time there are more buyers than sellers for mobile home parks, making it one of the few seller markets in real-estate. Take a look at http://www.mobilehomeparkstore.com where they are selling dozens of parks a month.

Mobile home parks have remained one of the most stable and predictable of real estate asset classes. The loan failure rate is nearly zero….Also, affordable housing is as much in demand today (or maybe more) than it was twenty years ago. And there are virtually no new mobile home parks built in the U.S. each year, so the supply side never increases. In fact, in some areas, such as Florida, the number of parks sold and converted to a higher use is alarmingly high. So, in effect, the number of parks in the U.S. is shrinking, not growing. More at http://mfdhousing.com/portal/stories.php3?nid=6711