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Trailer Rental Business -- Profitable?
Posted on 5/24/26 at 9:57 am
Posted on 5/24/26 at 9:57 am
Does anyone have experience in this? We have access to inexpensive trailers. We can do all of the maintenance ourselves. We have someone who can handle the day-to-day. And we have plenty of capital to buy a bunch of different trailers.
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 10:00 am to TheOcean
I bet the insurance costs suck
Posted on 5/24/26 at 10:05 am to SG_Geaux
Don't need insurance for trailers here in FL. Not worried about lawsuits, I'm an asset protection attorney here in FL 
Posted on 5/24/26 at 11:42 am to TheOcean
How do you not? Maintenance and care? Hub goes out? Brakes lock up? Failure to properly maintain…
Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:59 pm to TheOcean
I’ve known people in the past to ‘flip’ trailers. Buy a dump for $2500, put $3000 in it, then owner finance it for $7500 and 10% interest. I think the premise is that you can ‘sell’ the same $7500 trailer 3-4 times because they always fall behind on their payments and get it repo’d.
I’m not sure how much they made in the long run, but it seems like a pretty low risk, high reward strategy.
I’m not sure how much they made in the long run, but it seems like a pretty low risk, high reward strategy.
Posted on 5/24/26 at 10:20 pm to TheOcean
When I first was considering doing real estate investment on the side, I looked at a trailer park for sale with someone I knew that had experience renting trailers. The first one in the complex we looked at had huge holes in the floor and mold growing every where in it. He pointed out the trailer was worth about $4000 but you could slap a piece of plywood over the holes and spray down the whole inside with bleach and rent it for $400 a month. I knew immediately I didn’t want to be one step above a drug dealer. No thanks.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 7:16 am to Ramblin Wreck
I'm talking about trailers to move things
Posted on 5/25/26 at 7:30 am to LSUGUMBO
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I think the premise is that you can ‘sell’ the same $7500 trailer 3-4 times because they always fall behind on their payments and get it repo’d.
Uncle Slayton's got his Texan pride
Back in the thickets with his Asian bride
He's cut that corner pasture into acre lots
He sells 'em owner-financed strictly to them
That's got no kind of credit cause he knows they're slackers
And they'll miss that payment, then he takes it back
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 7:32 am
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:28 am to Ramblin Wreck
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When I first was considering doing real estate investment on the side, I looked at a trailer park for sale with someone I knew that had experience renting trailers. The first one in the complex we looked at had huge holes in the floor and mold growing every where in it. He pointed out the trailer was worth about $4000 but you could slap a piece of plywood over the holes and spray down the whole inside with bleach and rent it for $400 a month. I knew immediately I didn’t want to be one step above a drug dealer. No thanks.
its my dream to own a trailer park with about 200 trailers but no park owned trailers.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:31 am to TheOcean
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I'm talking about trailers to move things
Posted on 5/25/26 at 11:18 am to SG_Geaux
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I bet the insurance costs suck
I just have general liability umbrella and then a fire plan. Not doing wind on a mobile home.
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