Passive Mobile Home Park Investing

Interview with Ryan Murdock of Open Door Capital

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Oct 11, 2022
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Ryan Murdock
Ryan Murdock, real estate investor and co-founder of Open Door Capital, built vertically integrated management for multifamily and mobile home parks. He discusses scaling from first acquisitions to 35+ parks. He covers why in-house property management matters, navigating today’s market opportunities, conservative underwriting, common sponsor red flags, and humane rent strategies.
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ADVICE

Clean Up Management Systems First For Fast Value

  • Do target poorly managed mom-and-pop parks as low-hanging fruit by implementing leases, rules, software, and consistent rent collection.
  • Ryan says switching from handwritten ledgers to management software and consistent enforcement quickly boosts NOI.
INSIGHT

Scale Lets You Buy Better Parks At A Premium

  • Open Door shifted to larger, higher-quality parks as they scaled because brokers give earlier access and management efficiencies allow paying up slightly.
  • Proximity to existing parks enables shared managers, rehab crews and justifies modestly higher bids.
ANECDOTE

Built In-House Management To Avoid Third-Party Failures

  • Open Door built a freestanding property management arm, Open Management, to avoid third-party failures and handle markets where local managers are scarce.
  • Ryan explains they accept break-even management operation because boosting asset value is the goal.
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