Kangaroo Kronicles 25– Welcome Newby’s By “Uncle Zally” / Stu Silver ______________________________________________ To those of you that are reading this blog for the first time, and wondering what the heck Kangaroo has to do with anything, I will explain. I used Kanagaroo in the title because the ideas for many of my first articles came [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 24 – I Have a Dream Part II By “Uncle Zally” / Stu Silver ___________________________________________________ Last week I wrote about Hurricane Irene, and received a strong response. Since God and Mother Nature have taken time off for Labor Day, I’ll return to my dream from blog #13. What dream? The dream I [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 23 – Hurricane Irene By “Uncle Zally” / Stu Silver __________________________________ Last week I wrote about Ruby. This week I am going to write about another crazy lady, Irene … the Hurricane, that is. When it comes to hurricanes, people “flip out” over the idea of living in a mobile home, and I [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 22 – Ruby By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” Zalman Velvel ____________________________ Eight weeks ago I wrote my blog from a mountaintop in Israel, a large mug of hot tea beside my writing machine. I was NOT at the Kangaroo Convenience Store in Ocala, Florida (the namesake of this blog) with [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 21 – The Really Big Bucks By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” ______________________________ Where are the really big bucks in investing in mobile home parks? If you have been riding on the Mobile Home Wealth train with me these past four weeks, you may have been wondering that. I didn’t discuss how [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 20 – How to Buy a Park By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” _______________________________________ Hop aboard the Mobile Home Wealth train. This is the fourth and final blog in this series about managing a Mobile Home Park a long distance from your home. As promised, we are going to discuss: 1- How you [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 19 – “It’s All About Management” By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” ________________________________________ This is the third blog in this series about managing a Mobile Home Park that is a long distance from your home. If you looked at the title, you’ll see there are quotes around it. That’s because Steven G McKnight said [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 18 – Don’t be Silly, Do the Due Dilly By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” ____________________________________________________ When you own a Mobile Home Park, you are the mayor of your own small town. The good news is, you don’t have to run for election, and you control your pay. However, the office of [...]
Kangaroo Kronicles 17 – Long Distance Mates By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” Zalman Velvel _________________________________________ I have to say it right now – I have grown to love my mates and Sheilas from Oz. No, Dorothy, I don’t mean the Wizard of Oz. “Oz” is slang for Australia. The people that live [...]
The Kangaroo Part 16 – Workampers By Stu Silver / “Uncle Zally” Zalman Velvel __________________________________________________________________ In June of last year, we purchased our first “long distance turn-around” mobile home park. It was a four hour drive, each way, from where we live, and needed a major turn-around to produce cash flow. Among a long list [...]