Winterizing Your Mobile Home Park: A Practical Guide for Midwest Owners
From heat tape and water heater closets to tenant responsibilities and emergency planning, learn how to get your Midwest mobile home park winter-ready.
Read article →Why the Midwest Remains Attractive for MHP Investors
Midwest MHP rent regulations offer investors flexibility to respond to changing market conditions.
Read article →Why MHP Buyers Should Talk to a Lender Before Finding a Park
Speaking with a lender before shopping for a manufactured home park is one of the most overlooked steps in the buying process. Learn how early preparation can strengthen your offers.
Read article →The Growing Gap Between MHP Buyers and Sellers
Discover why buyers and sellers are increasingly struggling to agree on value and how today's market is reshaping manufactured home park transactions.
Read article →Park Sites: Six Years of Building Better Mobile Home Park Intelligence
Discover the six-year journey behind Park Sites, Mid-Plains Land & Realty's proprietary brokerage intelligence platform built to better connect mobile home park buyers, sellers, and market opportunities.
Read article →The Proforma Trap: How to Spot Hidden Liabilities in Real Estate Projections
Learn how to identify hidden liabilities in mobile home park projections before they become costly surprises.
Read article →When Mobile Home Park Transactions Become Battles of Will
Mobile home park transactions rarely fail because problems exist. They fail when routine challenges become battles of will.
Read article →What a Cross-Country Caravan Taught Me About Park Acquisitions
Jodie LaPrell shares how a cross-country farm move taught valuable lessons about planning, patience, and navigating mobile home park acquisitions.
Read article →Meet Jodie LaPrell: The Detail-Driven Advocate
Meet Jodie LaPrell and learn how her attention to detail, real estate experience, and client-first approach benefit mobile home park buyers and sellers.
Read article →The Real Mobile Home Park Market vs. What You See on Facebook
What gets talked about in Facebook groups is not always what happens in real mobile home park deals.
Read article →Selling a Mobile Home Park: Why Park-Owned Home Titling Matters
Park-owned home titling can make or break a mobile home park sale. Here’s why it matters for closing and financing.
Read article →Why Mobile Home Park Buyers Look in the Wrong Places
Chasing more parks doesn’t always lead to better deals.This article breaks down why volume alone doesn’t work and how clearer criteria leads to better opportunities.
Read article →Separating Hype from Reality in the 2026 Mobile Home Park Market
The mobile home park market has been normalizing to pre-2020 conditions over the last several years. Within this article, we outline hard data that explains it.
Read article →Our Method of Preparing a Mobile Home Park Valuation
Mobile home park owners want a clear and realistic understanding of what their property is worth in today’s market. A Broker’s Opinion of Value (BOV) is one of the most effective tools available.
Read article →Focusing Exclusively on the Mobile Home Park Market
When Mid-Plains Land & Realty announced our reopening in August 2025, we were at a crossroads. We're now doubling down on mobile home park niche.
Read article →What’s Your Mobile Home Park Exit Strategy?
As I talk to park owners across the country, I find very few who ever give a thought to their exit strategy until the moment they’re ready to sell.
Read article →Are You Overlooking Nebraska Mobile Home Park Opportunities?
In this article, we’ll explore how long-term mobile home park investors could be missing opportunities as they overlook the Nebraska MHP market.
Read article →Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Good Joke in the Mobile Home Park Business
Discover how the owner of Mid-Plains Land & Realty, Gil Wigington, got his real estate career started after joking around with a friend.
Read article →Meet Mid-Plains Land & Realty and Gil Wigington
Founded by Gil Wigington, Mid-Plains Land & Realty is built on the idea that real estate is about more than buying or selling! it’s about helping clients build their future.
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