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This issue of the RVParkStore.com Newsletter
includes:
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RV Park & Campground Investment
Conference
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Items to Consider When Selling
Your RV Park & Campground
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RV Parks and Campgrounds For Sale
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Featured Listing
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RV Park and Campground
Memberships For Sale
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RV Park Employment
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Economy Keeps Campers Close -
Article from the Net
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Tell us what you think and send
us your articles!
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Items to Consider
when Selling your RV Park or Campground:
Preparing to Sell your RV
Park or Campground
- Improve your Front Entrance
- The first impressions of a new buyer (and customers) will be your
front entrance and frontage on the highway. Just as you want a
potential customer to drive in and not turn around before staying
for the night you don't want your potential buyer to have a bad
first impression. Make sure that your sign is freshly painted,
the entrance road is free of potholes, the grass is mowed, and so
on. A few nice bushes at the entrance as well as some vinyl
fencing sections can do wonders to making the park look
professionally landscaped.
- Park Office Exterior - How
does the outside of the office look? Is it inviting? A
fresh coat of paint, some flowers around the perimeter, a
welcome/open sign, and removing any trash and junk piles will go a
long way to making the place attractive.
- Park Office Interior - Get
rid of the junk files in the corner and organize the place.
Fresh paint and tile/carpet may be well worth it. After all,
this is where you meet your customers and your potential buyer.
If your office is a wreck, then the buyer may wonder how well you
have taken care of the rest of the park.
- Roads - If you have paved
roads with potholes buy some patch and fill them in. If you
have dirt roads, run the grader over them and add some gravel.
Your customers don't like avoiding these nuisances and your
potential buyer will notice them as well. These are simple and
cost effective fixes that will more than pay for themselves.
- Clean up all trash and junk
in the park – at least that which can be seen from the street – one
person's treasures may be another's junk. A few loads to the
landfill will improve the appearance.
- Other Common Areas -
thoroughly clean the shower rooms and bathrooms - paint if needed -
add some deodorizers to add that fresh scent.
- Get your books and files in
order. The potential buyer will need to review your
books and records so that he can understand the business, obtain
financing, and make a financial decision on whether to proceed with
purchasing the park. It makes sense to have all this
information readily available to serious buyers so there are fewer
delays from contract to closing.
- Prepare list of all
equipment that goes with park. What tools and equipment and
supplies will stay with the park and which ones will not.
- Prepare list of all capital
expenditures to show buyers (and their lenders) what you have done
and what they won’t have to do.
Be easy to buy from.
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Prepare an Accurate
Marketing Package with Profit & Loss Statements,
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Don't Hide Anything
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Return Phone Calls and
Emails
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Come up with a Realistic
Asking Price and Terms (if possible)
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If you do not have a Broker,
will you Coop with a Broker and How Much?
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List of Utility Companies,
Contractors, and other Vendors
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Get a new Personal Phone
Number
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Copies of Surveys, Maps, and
other Reports
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List of Reservations and
Long Term Rentals
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Know your Park and Put on
Paper (lot size, full hookups vs partial hookups, electrical amps,
etc)
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Document Expansion
Possibilities
Adequate Records
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Detailed Income & Expense
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Separate out the Personal Expenses
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Detailed Rent Roll - Payment History
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Why
do some People pay more or less - Club Discounts
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Last Rent Increase - History of Rate Increases
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Occupancy Levels during your Ownership Uup versus Down and why up or
down
Owner Financing or Not
Benefits
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Defer Capital Gains - Spread Income over Several Years
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Monthly Payment Greater than a CD Rate
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Shows you have Confidence in park
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Higher Sales Price
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Get
Tougher Parks Sold
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Park Owned RV's & Home Problem Alleviated
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You
can be more Flexible than the Bank
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Saves Fees & Time
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If
you Sell at a Realistic Price & Down Payment - Good Security
Risks and Hazards
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Buyer doesn't Pay you
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Attorney Fees - Court fees
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Buyer does not Maintain Park
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6
month Foreclosure Process
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Buyer doesn't pay the Utilities & Other Bills
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RV Parks and Campgrounds For Sale
We currently have over 400 RV Parks for sale and
the list is growing daily. So far this year RVParkStore.com has
helped many campground investors find their property and there are
several more in the works.
At last count, there have been over 100 confirmed sales
so far this year!
If you are looking to sell your RV Park or
Campground, now is a great time to start marketing it before winter.
We are still currently offering a FREE 15 day trial period to test the market.
Find out more about
Selling your RV Park.
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9-6-07
Dear Diane,
Thank you for the email. Yes,
the property is still for sale and I would like to keep the ad
listed. I have had tremendous response from the ad and am
currently negotiating with 2 different individuals for possible
purchase. I will notify you when I sell the property.
Thanks,
Jay
8-23-07
Golden Pond RV Park in the Ozarks of Arkansas
has sold. We appreciate your site so much! We had a tremendous
amount of hits and contacts on the property and met some very
nice people. We listed the park in August of 2006 and it sold on
April 10, 2007. Thanks so much for having such a great site. If
we were selling again we'd list here first!
Bernadette
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Featured Listing
RV Park/ Campground for Sale in Wisconsin
Tourist Area
Campground rich in atmosphere and history.
Perfectly located near several of the regions most popular tourist
attractions. Well maintained and regularly updated to enhance the
camper experience and loyalty. Many families have been coming to this
campground for over 15 years. The owners maintain a quiet, family
atmosphere in the park by enforcing policies. Activities and events are
planned through the camping season to enhance the experience. Other
amenities include, but are not limited to, large wooded sites, laundry
room, security features and water/electric/sewer hook-ups.
Approximately 15 of the 40 acres are undeveloped.
Contact Information:
Jaclyn Fradette
Cornerstone Business Services, Inc.
200 S. Washington, Suite 205
Green Bay, WI 54301
920-436-9890
920-436-9894
www.cornerstone-business.com
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RV Park
and Campground Memberships For Sale:
This section of RVParkStore.com is picking up
speed. Memberships are being listed and sold quickly. With about
130
memberships currently for sale, this continues to be the prime outlet
to buy and sell campground memberships.
Best of all, when you are selling your membership,
we do not charge you up front to do so. You only pay us if you are
successful in finding a buyer from RVParkStore.com.
Find out more about
Selling your Campground or RV Park Membership
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| RV Park Employment
Listings: Are you
searching for good quality employees or looking for a position with an
RV Park? Then be sure to visit our ever growing employment listing
sections.
All listings in these sections are
FREE!
Check out
the Help Wanted Section
Check out
the Work Wanted Section
Post your FREE Listing Here
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Are you trying to figure out the Value of an RV Park or Campground? Try
this FREE Valuation Tool Provided by Campground Financing.com
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Economy Keeps Campers Close
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Tell us what you think!
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| Until Next Time, Dave Reynolds
RVParkStore.com
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