Legit Rentals

After listening to Pace Morby and him saying there are grants out there for trailer parks,
I ChatGPT'd what type of grants are available for improving trailer parks in Iowa and found this:

Iowa Rural Housing Readiness / Assessment Grant — great for getting data, community support, and a planning foundation. It’s one of the few that works at the city/county level to assess housing issues.

CDBG via City / County of Emmetsburg or Palo Alto County — for infrastructure, street, utility, rehab, blight removal.

USDA Housing Preservation Grants — if parts of the park are eligible (rural, low income), use this for rehab.

USDA Section 504 Repair / Grant Program — for individual units if tenants are qualifying.

Iowa Rural Innovation Grant — pitch a creative infrastructure or amenity upgrade to enhance the park’s value and resilience.

Local / State IEDA / Empower Rural Iowa Programs — stay plugged into those for occasional rounds of funding that match your capital needs.

Agents, ever see a creative buyer story like this? 😮

The Bird’s Nest is an all-women tiny-home village in Cumby, TX, started in 2022 by 70-year-old Robyn Yerian. She used her 401(k) to buy 5 acres for $35K, then put $150K into utilities, roads, and excavation.

After securing R.V. park zoning, she built 14 concrete pads (10x30 ft.) and rents them for $450/month—turning it into an affordable, safe community just over an hour from Dallas.

See how she did it: https://rltor.cm/ztkmmo

Joppa is eyeing a new site for its tiny home village in Des Moines. Where is it?