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View Poll Results: Would you buy your own RV park?
Yes 115 56.65%
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Old 06-13-2019, 08:53 PM   #41
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We spend quiet amount of time at adult only resort/campground..No kids, pets ok. Active club, pool, large conversation hot tub, 3000K + social hall with work out equipment, large flat screens, pool table, library etc. Not for the faint of heart.
This sounds amazing to me. I've been trying to find campgrounds like this.
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Old 06-13-2019, 09:11 PM   #42
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If i invested in an rv park and didnt want to work

50 Sites with 50A, FHU with Cable for rainy days
Adults and Pets only
All sites Pull Thru and completely level
Patio and fire pit at each site
Tiki Bar with party lights
Picnic table
Daily Rubbish and Recycle Pick Up
All of the camp workers must wear Hawaiian shirts and sun glasses, even if it's cloudy and raining
Pavilion with Big Tiki Bar
No swimming pool
Lots of hot tubs with hand rails, especially the ones near the Tiki Bar
Check-in is 10:00 AM
Check-out is 5:00 PM
Full Breakfast Bar. (At the Big Tiki Bar) Limited Menu: Eggs, Greasy Bacon and Sausage, Toast, Bloody Mary's and Chocolate Milk
Industrial Ice Machine with free ice
Sports complex with corn hole, bocci, frisbee golf and horse shoes and of course, cup holders
Live music, Saturday nights
Church on Sunday Morning
No free WiFi, use your own. It's safer.
Trolley Service from the campground to the beach and casino
GPS App for finding your way back to your site
On Site RV Repair Service

Open Year Round, Thursday to Monday only
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Old 06-13-2019, 09:39 PM   #43
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50 Sites with 50A, FHU with Cable for rainy days
Adults and Pets only
All sites Pull Thru and completely level
Patio and fire pit at each site
Tiki Bar with party lights
Picnic table
Daily Rubbish and Recycle Pick Up
All of the camp workers must wear Hawaiian shirts and sun glasses, even if it's cloudy and raining
Pavilion with Big Tiki Bar
No swimming pool
Lots of hot tubs with hand rails, especially the ones near the Tiki Bar
Check-in is 10:00 AM
Check-out is 5:00 PM
Full Breakfast Bar. (At the Big Tiki Bar) Limited Menu: Eggs, Greasy Bacon and Sausage, Toast, Bloody Mary's and Chocolate Milk
Industrial Ice Machine with free ice
Sports complex with corn hole, bocci, frisbee golf and horse shoes and of course, cup holders
Live music, Saturday nights
Church on Sunday Morning
No free WiFi, use your own. It's safer.
Trolley Service from the campground to the beach and casino
GPS App for finding your way back to your site
On Site RV Repair Service

Open Year Round, Thursday to Monday only
This. With a pool. And margaritas. And longer stays, maybe 10 days max.
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Old 06-13-2019, 09:40 PM   #44
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Old 06-14-2019, 06:15 AM   #45
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Old 06-14-2019, 08:57 AM   #46
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If you had the time and the required funds would you buy an RV Park ?

Here is one

Here some other campgrounds

I would like to if everyone was polite and abided by the rules. I love to hear about peoples travels and look at pictures. I spend a good deal of time reading about campsites and looking Google maps over.

There is always that one camper however, that thinks the rules are for everyone else. I have no patience with people who think they are privileged
DW used to co-manage a cg in summer (she's a teacher). I was the handyman. Had a lot of fun, met a lot of people, lived in a park model year around...BUT we could never get away to do anything. Just like running a b&b. If I had the recommended $2m I could retire and go full timing...let someone else worry about running a cg.
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Old 06-14-2019, 09:20 AM   #47
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Having had our own retail stores is the reason I voted no. That breaks down into 2 reasons relative to a campground. 10% of the people you meet will ruin your day. If you add in the weekend drunks the % goes up. Secondly, owning your own business provides the freedom to work 90 hours/week and go broke.
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Old 06-14-2019, 09:31 AM   #48
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X? On most of this. The main problem with owning a business is that many businesses do not produce enough net gains to pay someone enough to run it correctly and still provide 5-6-7% or more for the investors.

Most people who have money will not invest for less than that.
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Old 06-14-2019, 09:48 AM   #49
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Yup! Actually, if you add in the risk premium one should receive for a small business, which can be subject to a huge array of events beyond its control, the required return would be larger.

A rained out 3 day weekend can not only subject a campground to flooding, septic destruction, etc. but put a huge dent in the season's income. For the vast majority, camping is very much a seasonal business.
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Old 06-14-2019, 09:51 AM   #50
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We thought about it when we were younger. But, there were four deterrents:
1. We would be landlords. With short stays, you never know what you are going to get. It is similar with permanents, once they are planted, it is is a pain in the posterior to get them out. In both cases, one bad apple can spoil the barrel.
2, Not only, do you need start up capital, but operating capital. Without both, the campground will take a dump-literally.
3. Because this is a resort, not only are you dealing with vacationers, but you are also contending with local governments such as zoning and health.
4. We are happily married. Don't need the headaches that come with dealing with people.

We visited a privately owned campground on a lake that we had camped on on our honeymoon. This is an adult park with approximately 30 permanent sites and half dozen short term sites. The owners are second generation family. The owners "try" to run a decent campgrounds and do all of their maintenance. And they do a great job. They are a bit fussy with expectations, which is good. Despite that, when talking with them, they still have problems-both with permanent sites and short terms. They advised that the permanents are the most difficult, because they will not follow the rules. We experienced that with a neighbor.

Our son thought that we might meet at a campgrounds on the Wisconsin River. I did the research and determined it was not for us. The reviews determined that the permanents had become, well, permanent and brought all their junk with them. Further, the owners were not maintaining the facilities.
Maybe it was poor management or the owners did not have adequate finances to police the tenants and update the facilities. That grounds was is self destruct mode. News owners may help, but the damage to the integrity of the park will be difficult to overcome.
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Old 06-14-2019, 02:50 PM   #51
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would love to have a SMALL campground say 30 to 40 sites sitting on a lake or slow river in the Tennessee mts.
Watauga Dam Campground would be perfect
My Dad was from Elizabethton and when they go “back home” as he calls it, they camp in a campground overlooking the Watauga River there in Elizabethton. The temps stay nice along the river in the summer especially when they’re generating. Lol
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Old 06-14-2019, 08:32 PM   #52
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My Dad was from Elizabethton and when they go “back home” as he calls it, they camp in a campground overlooking the Watauga River there in Elizabethton. The temps stay nice along the river in the summer especially when they’re generating. Lol
It is one of if not my favorite but you have to book way early if your a weekend warrior
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Old 06-17-2019, 06:56 PM   #53
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heck yes

i’d buy a small one and turn it private - by invitation only
i’d live there year round and have all my family reunions there.
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Old 06-17-2019, 07:45 PM   #54
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Never turn your avocation into your vocation. If I owned a RV park I no longer get to go camping where I want to go camping. I have to manage my RV park.
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Old 06-17-2019, 07:48 PM   #55
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A "mobile home" park and an Rv park are drastically different. Every park we have ever stayed in that had permanent or semi permanent sites was horrible. that is actually one of the first things I ask when looking for a park. I would love to have a small park in the mountains with some private fishing.
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Old 06-17-2019, 07:49 PM   #56
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i’m not managing squat it’s my new residence where i get the house/best site and only invite friends over. ��
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Old 06-17-2019, 08:34 PM   #57
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Not a chance in the world.

I was in the rental business for several decades, both apartments and mobile home parks and never so glad as the day I got out of the rental business.

If you like problems and headaches, go for it!
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Old 06-17-2019, 09:37 PM   #58
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Yeah I would love to own a campground Then I can make my own rules and regulations
Just curious since I am fairly new. What changes would you like to make?
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Old 06-18-2019, 08:48 AM   #59
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Yes & No, Location Location, Location.

Campground where we usually go, 2500 permanent site full at $6500 each annually, 850+ daily sites at up to $90 each daily, usually full in the summer and open year round. Golf carts rent at up to $50 daily up to 1000 of them, store, snack bar, laundry, Golf cart sales & repair, RV sales & repair, 2500 campers in storage at $216 quarterly................ just to mention a few services......

Opened in the 1970s with 30 campsites started and owned by one couple, now after they passed away, still privately owned, their five daughters run it.

But they have 300 employees in the summer and 300 plus acres of infrastructure to maintain ..................... forgot they have a golf course, and have land that they lease to Walmart.




I know exactly the RV Park you are referencing, and have stayed there many times over the years. The bar is so high there that it’s almost impossible to judge other campgrounds by their standards. They have the perfect business model, and the facility to prove it.
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Old 06-18-2019, 08:48 AM   #60
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A "mobile home" park and an Rv park are drastically different. Every park we have ever stayed in that had permanent or semi permanent sites was horrible. that is actually one of the first things I ask when looking for a park. I would love to have a small park in the mountains with some private fishing.
The last park we stayed at before retiring from camping was about a 50-50. The permanents kept their places looking good and caused no problems. It was the returning campers that were the problem. It got to the points that they wanted special privilege days, where only they could use the pool. And special events at the club house? Oh my.

The management turned them down on pool privileges, but they liked the steady income. Those with permanent sites dreaded what was happening. But because the monthly fees were so high, they were stuck trying to find a buyer.

So, it can go both ways.
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