Pros
Overall, it is a good place to work. Benefits are acceptable, and the living arrangements are satisfactory. The pay is average, unless you can sell new homes. If your park is filled with resident owned homes, you may not be able to bring in new homes. This transaction will let you earn a commission of $700 or so in the finder's fee. Otherwise, you will be reliant on your salary. If you can keep your delinquency below 5%, you may earn a $100 per week. If you can keep it at 0%, you can do better. It is usually out of your control, but you will be expected to knock on doors.
Cons
Yearly lot increases, usually $50 or more. Imagine the feeling each year at that time. Yeah! Yearly increases on sewage and water also. If you have rentals in the park, you must keep up with work orders. Safe housing rules, and some of those residents know how to work the system. Yes, the residents deserve nice housing, however, it is a hand full if you are the only one in the park … even if you are hiring it out. And telling the residents that most of the problems are their responsibility is a difficult job. Usually from the meter to the home is the resident's responsibility, and most of that piping, water or gas, is aging and eroded. It is a constant battle. Keeping the park presentable is another challenge not appreciated enough by upper management. I did maintenance and the office, and keeping the weekly demands up were difficult. I asked for a maintenance man, however, a year later I was still by myself. I worked harder than I should have, and off the clock to get things done, and none was appreciated. But if I had not done that, they sure would have noticed that. After a year, they finally let me live rent free. I made $1600 a month and paid $500 rent. For a year, it was nice. My net tax income was only $25,000, and for the work that I did, and the time I spent, it was not worth the effort. For instance, evicting these people on fixed-incomes, or low incomes, dealing with the conference calls if your delinquency is high, the constant pressure of deadlines to get paper work out and finished, and the never ending problem of finding good dependable help is the worst part of the job. But, other than that, it is not so bad if you like this sort of thing. The main motivation for me was that there was nice people in the park, and I made it my mission to help them as much as I could. And if I had to do it all over again, knowing what I was getting into, I would not accept the job … especially having to deal with the IMPACT upper management. They were not nice people. Good luck.