He enjoys that sort of thing.
Since when is the fact that the governor of Illinois is a jerk breaking news?
I know this sounds bad, but couldn't they have moved the home to another park?
That should be within their rights, and I'm sure there are parks that would have taken them in for a lower rent.
It's interesting that in Malibu there are mobile home parks where people sell their mobile homes, not including land, for amounts up to half a million dollars. That includes no permanent rights to the space, which is rent-controlled. This, of course, tilts all the way over to being highly unfair to the landlord, who can't raise the rent nor participate in the appreciation.
Of course if the rent control is ever cancelled, or if the status of the park changes, there could be a world of hurt for people who bought mobile homes for outrageous prices. I know the status of the park has been under considerable dispute, so I would watch out. In fact, the owners of the park cannot afford routine maintenance due to the rents being so low.
Really, buying a mobile home and putting it in a mobile home park where you don't have an ownership share in the land is just plain dumb. Since it's usually perfectly legal to put a mobile home on your own plot, I think that's the best idea in almost all cases. And of course you would participate in land appreciation then.
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