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Mobile Home Park Pad Rent Calculator

MHP pad rent is the core revenue driver; tenants typically own the home and rent the land.

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Annual revenue

$736,920

Year 5 revenue

$940,517

Revenue per pad

$6,141

How the math works

Revenue = occ pads × pad rent × 12 + POH count × POH × 12. Year 5 = current × (1 + g)^5.

110×$475×12 + 15×$650×12×92% = $627k + $108k = $735k → $938k in 5 years at 5%.

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This Mobile Home Park Pad Rent Calculator is built to give a quick, browser-based estimate for mobile home park pad rent. MHP pad rent is the core revenue driver; tenants typically own the home and rent the land. The inputs stay on the page during normal use, and the result should be treated as an estimate for planning, comparison, or education rather than professional advice.

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How to Use

  1. Enter pads total.
  2. Enter monthly pad rent.
  3. Enter park-owned home rent premium.
  4. Enter park-owned home count.
  5. Enter occupancy %.
  6. Enter annual rent growth %.
  7. Read current and stabilized NOI.

Frequently Asked Questions

MHP business model?

Park owner owns the land and infrastructure (streets, utilities, amenities). Tenants own the manufactured home (vintage: 1970s-2020s, newer preferred). Tenant pays monthly 'lot rent' ($350-900/mo typical) for land + services. Park owner has very low service intensity (no indoor maintenance, no turnover within the home). Excellent stability: tenants rarely move (cost to move home $5-15k). 5-10 year stays common.

Park-owned homes (POH)?

Some parks rent out park-owned homes in addition to collecting pad rent. Park-owned home rent: pad rent + $400-1,000 extra for home rental. Economics: higher revenue but higher maintenance, higher turnover, higher risk. Ratio target: <20% POH in mature park, <40% in transitioning. 100% POH = effectively a multifamily property with mobile homes, not a land-rent model. Pure land-rent (0% POH) is the cleanest model.

Rent growth dynamics?

MHP rent growth: 3-6% annually in recent years (demand outstrips constrained supply). Reasons: NIMBY prevents new park construction, existing parks are undersupplied. Industry consolidation: ELS, Sun Communities, Inspire, Yes Communities aggregating portfolios, pushing rents. Rent control regulation emerging (CA, OR, WA, MD) caps growth at 2-5% + CPI. Still attractive for stable yield.

Cap rates?

Stabilized MHP cap rates: 5.5-7% primary markets, 6-8% secondary/tertiary. Institutional-quality MHP (Sun, ELS): 5-6% cap. Value-add parks (underwater rents): 7-9% in-place, 5.5-6.5% stabilized. Much lower volatility than multifamily. NOI margin: 60-75% (very high). Unlike multifamily, low capex intensive. Returns-to-asset-class among best in CRE.

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