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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

195: Financing College Rentals & Mobile Home Parks Using Remarkable Creativity with Rudy Curtler

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2016

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Trying to build a real estate empire while working a full-time job can be tough, which is why many people decide to use a partner to maximize their results. That’s the story on today’s episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, where we sit down with Rudy Curtler to talk about how he is building a portfolio of college rentals and mobile home parks utilizing a partner. You’ll learn how (and why) Rudy is building his portfolio hundreds of miles from his home, the incredible benefits of investing in mobile home parks (“6x better than houses” according to Rudy), and how he’s able to put together the financing on deals using remarkable creativity! In This Episode We Cover: How Rudy got started with real estate investing How he transitioned from “interested” to “committed“ His first investment What makes a college rental different? How many single family homes he has What a suite equity partner is Tips for those who wanted to start in the college rental niche His view on working with family The difference between investing in mobile home parks and mobile homes The details on his mobile home park How much he rents his mobile homes for Tips on renting out RV pads Why you may want to consider investing in mobile home parks How he manages his properties Thoughts on getting a mobile home dealer license How to get a mind for creative finance And SO much more! Links from the Show BP Podcast 140: The Riches Are in the Niches (Like Student Housing) with Bill Syrios CraigsList BP Podcast 111: A Unique (and Profitable) Real Estate Niche You’ve Probably Never Considered with Jefferson Lilly 21stMortgage ClaytonHomes Berkshire Hathaway LoopNet BP Podcast 194: Achieving Impressive Spreads Through High-End Flips with Justin Silverio BP Podcast 179: Doing the “Impossible” by Buying 100+ Units in His First Two Years with Dale Hensel Angela Duckworth – Grit (video) Books Mentioned in this Show The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor by Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco Tweetable Topics: “I think there is a big difference between somebody who’s just interested versus someone who’s committed.” (Tweet This!) “Mobile home parks are another way for us to grow and find the exponential growth potential that’s there.” (Tweet This!) “I didn’t want to stop. We want to keep growing, so we found a way to do it.” (Tweet This!) Connect with Rudy Rudy’s BiggerPockets Profile Rudy’s LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the BiggerPockets Podcast, Show 195.

0:04.8

If I compare the dollars I invested in the six single-family homes,

0:08.4

compared to the dollars I've invested in the mobile home parks,

0:11.6

I'm returning about six to one in terms of dollars and I don't have the headache.

0:16.2

You're listening to bigger pockets radio. Simplifying real estate for investors large and small.

0:22.3

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0:24.2

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0:28.4

Stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of others who have benefited from bigger pockets.com.

0:35.1

Your home for real estate investing online.

0:37.6

What's going on everybody?

0:38.6

This is Josh Dorkin.

0:39.6

Hoos to the Bigger Pocket's podcast here with my co-host Mr.

0:43.6

Miranda, what's up man?

0:45.5

Hey, I'm back.

0:46.7

Guess who's back in the house, Brandon Turner's in the...

0:52.0

I am. I'm back and Dave did a good job so I'll publicly say

0:56.1

Dave last week you did a great job covering for me so good job buddy.

0:59.2

Oh yeah for those who are so sweet for those who didn't listen to that show, it was a first episode where I was not there.

1:06.5

I was in California for the FinCon Financial Bloggers conference, which was a lot of fun.

1:10.8

So, yeah, we didn't miss you at all.

1:13.2

Yeah, you did, I could tell in your voice.

1:15.0

You had this like sadness.

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