The Mobile Home Park Exchange

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137

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Oct 2026

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Most investors chase trends. Serious investors build an edge. The Mobile Home Park Exchange is where disciplined operators and high-agency investors learn how real wealth is built in overlooked, cash-flowing real assets — starting with mobile home parks. Hosted by Frank Rizzo and Eric Busuttil of Stone Capital Investors, the show breaks down infill strategy, underwriting discipline, operational leverage, structural risk, and capital alignment for investors focused on clarity, control, and long-term cash flow — not noise.

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October 21, 202645 min

She Turned $500 Into a Six-Figure Mobile Home Business

Everyone is chasing mobile home parks. Nichole Briscoe, the Mobile Home Mami, went after the homes sitting on the lots instead. Frank Rizzo sits down with Nichole, who left her W-2 and pension to buy, fix, and rent mobile homes inside parks, and now teaches students nationwide to do the same. You'll hear why park owners need home investors to fill their lots, how she handles lot rent increases, where she finds her deals, and what it really takes to get started.Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Follow Nichole: @mobilehome_mami on InstagramIf you found value in this episode, leave a rating on the platform you're listening on. It's how this message reaches more people.

October 14, 202639 min

Land to Passive Income - Brent Bowers’ Journey From Land Flipping to Land-Home Packages

Brent Bowers used to call land passive income. He doesn't anymore. Frank Rizzo talks with Brent of The Land Sharks about his journey from flipping tax-delinquent land to placing new manufactured homes on individual lots and selling them as land-home packages. You'll hear how Brent picks markets where these homes actually sell, why he sees an affordable housing shortage rather than a housing shortage, the biggest misconceptions holding new investors back, and why nothing in real estate, mobile home parks included, is truly passive.Book a discovery call with Frank: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Connect with Brent Bowers: https://www.thelandsharks.com/ If this episode was valuable, rate and share it.

October 7, 202615 min

Is Big Money Killing Affordable Housing?

Billions in institutional capital are flowing into mobile home parks. Can you raise the standard of a community without pricing out the people who live there?In this solo episode, Frank Rizzo tackles the affordability question head on: why lot rents have climbed, why so many parks were failing before big money arrived, why the private equity fear is grounded in reality, and what separates operators who improve communities from those who just extract from them.Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/TheMobileHomeParkExchangePodcast@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Apply to be a guest on the show: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/TheMobileHomeParkExchangePodcast@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Have a question about a park you're thinking about buying? Send it in and Frank may answer it on a future episode.If you find value in this episode, rate and share it. Send us a screenshot and we'll send you our internal after-site-visit report template.

September 23, 202615 min

Your System Won't Save Your Mobile Home Park. Your People Will.

Mobile home parks get sold as passive investments. After nearly two decades in the space, Frank Rizzo says there's probably nothing further from the truth. In this solo episode of The Mobile Home Park Exchange, Frank explains why the onsite managers and team on the ground are the unsung heroes behind every community that seems to run itself, why delegation isn't a system, and how a Stone Capital Investors system that hit a ceiling was changed by insight from the people closest to the residents.Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Learn more: https://www.stonecapinv.com/ Rate this episode and tag The Mobile Home Park Exchange, then let us know to receive our After Site Visit Report.

September 16, 202620 min

The Turnaround Is Over When It Stops Needing You

Frank Rizzo just got back from Walnut Creek, Stone Capital's first hybrid mobile home and RV community in Troy, Alabama. He talks through the infrastructure failure that forced a two-year RV shutdown, the setbacks that slowed the rebuild, and the moment they realized they'd built the park for the wrong kind of resident. What changed the trajectory, and what it means when a turnaround finally stops needing you, is the heart of this one. Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled If you find value in this episode, rate and share it — send us a screenshot and we'll send you our internal after-site-visit report template.

September 9, 202619 min

Leasing Velocity Up 32.5%: The 3 Numbers We Moved to Make It Happen

Frank Rizzo shares how his team grew lease-up velocity 32.5% over the past eight months, marking the best sales summer in company history. No superstar salesperson, no lucky streak. Frank breaks down the controllable variables his team focused on: lead qualification, showing cancellations, and a simple shift in the questions asked on-site, plus where AI does and doesn't belong in a lease-up sales process. Book a free discovery call with Frank here. If you find value in this episode, rate and share it on your listening platform.

September 2, 202613 min

My Underwriting Was Completely Wrong

Frank just got back from a site visit on a community his team bought not even two years ago — and it completely changed how he sees his own underwriting. On this solo episode of The Mobile Home Park Exchange, Frank breaks down what a nearby comp sale revealed about how fast this market has moved, why the historical basis play in manufactured housing has shifted, and how the affordability crisis and shrinking park supply are driving pad prices higher than most operators are underwriting for. Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://outlook.office.com/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Want to be a guest on the show? Apply here: https://outlook.office.com/book/TheMobileHomeParkExchangePodcast@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled If you find value in this episode, rate and share it — send us a screenshot and we'll send you our internal after-site-visit report template.

August 26, 202649 min

Are Land-Home Packages the Future of Manufactured Housing Investing?

Chris Gavre buys raw land, orders a brand-new manufactured home, and detitles it so buyers can finance it like a stick-built house. Frank Rizzo talks with him about scaling that model to nearly 200 deals since 2023, how he underwrites a site, and why land-home packages might be one of the clearest answers to the affordability crisis right now. Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://outlook.office.com/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Connect with Chris Gavre: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-gavre/ Want to be a guest on the show? Apply here: https://outlook.office.com/book/TheMobileHomeParkExchangePodcast@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled

August 19, 202650 min

What's Coming Next for Mobile Home Park Lending, Featuring Art Tuverson

Most mobile home park deals today are underwritten at negative leverage — and lenders keep funding them. Frank Rizzo talks with 25-year MHC lending veteran Art Tuverson (GE Capital → Berkadia) about why cap rates confuse multifamily lenders, how after-tax and depreciation plays are driving buyers, and why "passive investment" is a myth in this space. Book a free discovery call with Frank: https://outlook.office.com/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled Connect with Art Tuverson: https://www.berkadia.com/

August 12, 202612 min

The Mistake Killing Your Infill Numbers

Most operators run infill like a merchandising problem: better price, better terms, cheaper home. Frank Rizzo explains why that's the wrong lever, and walks through a real park turnaround where the fix wasn't the price of the home, it was everything around it. Curious how culture and curb appeal shape who walks through your door, and what it does to your pricing power over time? This episode breaks it down. Have a deal or infill project you want to talk through? Book a discovery call with Frank: https://outlook.office.com/book/DiscoveryCallwithFrankRizzo@stonecapitalinv.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled

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