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Mobile Home Parks: Higher Cash Flow, Lower Expenses Revealed! #shorts

4 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Catherine Bell explains why mobile home park investments can generate higher cash flow compared to traditional multifamily apartments. She outlines the typical deal metrics she presents—around a 19% internal rate of return (IRR) and 8‑11% cash‑on‑cash returns—while noting that these figures already account for rising interest rates, cap rates, and construction delays. The key differentiator she highlights is the operating expense ratio: multifamily properties usually spend 40‑60% (or more) of revenue on operating costs, whereas her mobile home park portfolio sees expenses at only 20‑25% (with a worst‑case range of 20‑40%). This lower expense base translates into substantially more cash flow for investors.

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These things that we have built in, like interest rates going up, cap rates going up, construction timelines delayed, etc. Etc. All of those things are built in behind our deals, where we typically present at about 19% IRRs, sometimes a little above that. And generally we present deals that have about an 8 to 11% cash on cash. And one of the interesting things about the mobile home park space specifically is a multifamily. You might see operating expenses. You've got all your revenue coming in and then you've got your operating expenses. Well, operating expenses are often about 40 to 60%, sometimes even more of revenue in the multifamily apartment space. In the mobile home park space, we're seeing things closer to 20 to 25% across our portfolio. Maybe worst case scenario, we're seeing things from like 20 to 40%. So we've got much lower operating expenses, which means that there's a lot more cash flow in these deals.