You are swimming up stream - Posted by Tony-VA
Posted by Tony-VA on August 18, 2002 at 13:31:19:
Sure you could raise caine and report this manager, take him to court etc., but how do you think that is going to help you sell the home your already purchased in that park?
Remember one of the primary ingredients to successful lonnie deals is a good relationship with the park manager.
Your posts reads as though you bought first, then started to try and work with the PM. This can be a craps shoot.
Since you already have this home, I would concentrate upon selling it and not forcing the deal down the PM’s throat. If you hammer the PM, you will find that this home sits for quite some time until you get a tenant approved. Yes, you may well be in the right but the costs may not make it worth your while to fight it, at least not while you have a home for sale in that park.
The first sign of trouble for me is when you have a pm or park owner who is buying and selling homes also. This is their private playground and they have little incentive to let you in.
As a Lonnie dealer, our value is greatest to the pm’s and park owners who do not invest in the homes. They just want the lot rent. We solve vacany problems, plain and simple. If this park already feels that they have someone to do that for them (the PM) and they are getting it done, then you hold little value to the owner, and stand as a competitor to the pm.
Swim downstream in a different park where your services are both needed and valuable.
Should you decide to bang heads with this pm, you might at least wait until that home is sold and paid for.
For now, get your “will finance” message across by other means than a sign. Actually this is a good chance for you to develope alternative marketing methods. Not all parks sell well with just signs in the window. Some parks do not get sufficient drive through traffic to sell homes quickly. Business cards placed where your target market can find them (same “Will Finance” message), flyers, thrifty nickle ads, and word of mouth (knock on neighbors doors) are all techniques you need to employ when the going gets tough on some houses. Treat this as a learning experience and move on.
Best Wishes,
Tony-VA