#923: Community, Cash Flow, and Scale: Derek Vickers on MHP Investing
Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow with Kevin Bupp
Kevin Bupp
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Derek Vickers is the CEO of Vicktory Capital, a rapidly growing investment firm focused on acquiring and operating mobile home communities across the Southeast. Derek got his start as a door-to-door insurance salesman prior to transitioning into real estate and ultimately found his niche in the affordable housing space. Since then, he's built an impressive portfolio and team, all while navigating a tough interest rate environment, rising competition, and shifting macro trends. Learn about Derek's strategies and trends!
Connect with Derek: wellingscapital.com, Resources page: wellingscapital.com/resources
Highlights:
3:10 – From Insurance Sales to Mobile Home Parks
5:50 – First Deal Failures and Lessons
9:30 – The Systems That Scaled
13:45 – Remote Management Without On-Site Managers
16:20 – Value-Add Strategy That Works
20:15 – How to Attract & Keep Quality Tenants
Quote: "We're not just filling lots—we're building communities people are proud to live in."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You've been searching for the best way to generate passive income in your life and heard that real estate is a great way to do it. |
| 0:09.4 | But you're tired of all the so-called gurus who are all talk and no substance. |
| 0:15.3 | Get ready to celebrate because Kevin Buck has spent 14 years successfully making it happen. This is the Real Estate |
| 0:22.8 | Investing for Cash Flow podcast. Now, here's Kevin Bup. Hey guys, Kevin Bup here, and I want to |
| 0:31.6 | welcome me to another episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow podcast. |
| 0:35.3 | We're missions to help you build and maintain massive amounts of cash flow through income |
| 0:39.4 | producing real estate investments. |
| 0:41.5 | Now, guys, today I'm excited to sit down with a fellow mobile home park operator, Derek |
| 0:46.4 | Vickers. |
| 0:47.4 | Derek is the CEO of Victory Real Estate Group, which is a rapidly growing investment firm |
| 0:52.6 | focused on acquiring and operating mobile home |
| 0:55.3 | communities across the southeast. |
| 0:56.6 | Now, Derek, and we'll talk about this here today. |
| 0:59.3 | Derek got a start as a door-to-door insurance salesman prior to transitioning into the |
| 1:04.1 | real estate space and then ultimately found his niche in the affordable housing sector |
| 1:08.4 | or mobile home parks. |
| 1:10.3 | So since then, he's been able to build an impressive portfolio and team, you know, |
| 1:15.0 | all while navigating all these challenges that we've had, you know, the last couple of years, |
| 1:18.3 | you know, tough interest rate environment, rising competition in our space and, |
| 1:22.6 | and lots of shifting macro trends. |
| 1:25.2 | So today we'll dive into Derek's journey, a strategy for |
| 1:29.5 | finding deals in a relatively tight market. And then, you know, all the lessons they've |
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