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PADLOCK PARKSolutions

For park owners and investment groups

Empty pads
read as occupied.

You bought the park. Now it has to stay full. We place converted salvage Class A coaches on your empty pads, stationary and income-producing. To anyone driving by, the park reads full. To your statement, every slab earns. A second revenue stream at a cost no one else can touch.

Locked-in cash flow · Built to last

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01 · The Gap

Average post-rush
occupancy. 58%.

You bought during the 2020–2023 rush. Pro-forma assumed 75%+ occupancy. The tourist demand never materialized. Pads sit empty. The mortgage doesn't care.

25 salvage units tracked live · 5 sources

Begin park assessment
  • You bought it for passive income and inherited a management job.
  • 30–60% of pads empty on a typical Tuesday night.
  • Empty rows make the park read half-failed to buyers and lenders.
  • Occupancy collapses 40%+ in shoulder season.
  • Hookups installed. Septic engineered. Sitting unused.
  • Long-term tenant interest exists, but you don't want to source RVs yourself.

02 · The arbitrage

Salvage RV inventory is structurally mispriced.
The vehicle is the liability. The interior is the product.

Auction value of a salvage Class A motorhome is about $2,500 as a broken vehicle. After Padlock Park conversion, the stationary habitable space is worth the equivalent of $40K to $80K.

Auction prices the wrong thing.

Copart and IAA value salvage motorhomes as broken vehicles. The chassis is the concern. The habitable interior is collateral in their pricing model.

Stationary changes the math.

Once the coach never moves again, the chassis liability disappears. What's left is 240 sq ft of insulated, plumbed, wired space — equivalent build cost $40K–$80K.

You already own the hard part.

Land. Pads. Hookups. Septic. Zoning. Ops team. The missing piece is conversion expertise — that's what we package.

See full unit economics Browse live listings

$3,000

Typical acquisition cost

Copart / IAA salvage, $1,800–$4,500 range

30

Days to first rent

Source-to-deploy pipeline

66%

Site-level NOI margin

Skyline Campground, Mosca CO

Pre-deployment figures. Modeled from live salvage-auction data and an integrated operator's due-diligence package. No completed Padlock Park pilot yet.

03 · The pipeline

Six steps. Thirty days. Cash flow.

From sourced salvage Class A to lease-signed or guest-checked-in. One disciplined process. Repeated, scaled.

Day 1Source30+ live feeds
Day 2–5InspectBonded inspector
Day 7AcquireAuction or BIN
Day 8–10TransportFlatbed or drive
Day 11–25Rehab$3,800 avg
Day 30DeployLease signed
The 30-day Padlock Park pipeline from acquisition to cash flow: sourced, acquired, towed, rehabbed, deployed, first tenant.

Day 31 — your call

Path A · Glamping

Vintage stationary stays.

Restore the salvage Class A as a stationary RV experience. Guests get the nostalgic coach without the hassle of driving. Premium nightly rate. Tourism-corridor parks.

$150–$300/night · ~50% occupancy · ~$2,500–$4,500/mo per pad

Path B · Tenant

Year-round residency.

Lease the converted unit to a long-term tenant. Workforce housing in labor markets. Predictable rent. Low churn. Year-round occupancy regardless of season.

$700–$900/month · 12-month leases · stable cash flow
See the math

04 · The math

Same pad.
Different outcome.

An empty pad generates $0 per month. A Padlock Park converted unit on the same pad generates $700 per month. Same pad, different outcome, built for cash flow.

Hard cap per unit

$7,500

Sourcing, inspection, towing, rehab, deployment. All in.

Speed to revenue

30 days

From sourced to first rent collected.

Annual potential

$8K–$54K

Per pad. Tenant ($8.4K/yr) to glamping (~$54K/yr).

5-unit pilot cost

$37,500

Minimum pilot: 5 units × $7,500. First rent arrives in 30 days.

The math doesn't argue. It just sits there.

Full unit economicsAcquisition inventory

Acquisition inventory

Top-rated units, available now.

All inventory

Bonded inspection

Every unit inspected before acquisition decision

Contractor network

Licensed crews in 12+ states

30-day deployment

Sourced to lease-signed in one month

You own the land

We bring the inventory and the process

$7,500 hard cap

All-in cost ceiling — no surprises, no overruns

30+ sources

Every acquisition cross-checked across 30+ auction platforms

How it works

From empty pad to cash-flowing asset. Five steps.

You list your available pads.

Tell us how many full-hookup pads you have, your target market (workforce vs. glamping), and your timeline. Takes 10 minutes.

We source the units.

Our AI monitors 30+ salvage auction platforms in real time. We surface Class A motorhomes that match your budget and specs.

You approve. We acquire.

You see the inspection report and spec sheet before any purchase. One-click approval. We handle the auction bid, transport, and paperwork.

We deploy in 30 days.

Rehab, hookup, and listing happen on our timeline. Day 30: your first tenant check-in or glamping reservation.

You collect revenue.

$700–$900/month for workforce housing. $150–$300/night for glamping. You own the units, you keep the income.

Start your pilot

FAQ

The questions operators actually ask.

See the full model →
No. Padlock sources, inspects, and acquires units on your behalf. You approve the spec before purchase and your park holds title when the unit is deployed.
Any RV park or campground with full-hookup pads (electric, water, sewer) and a current operating permit for long-term or nightly occupancy. 5 pads is the minimum for a pilot.
The $7,500 hard cap covers everything: acquisition, inspection, transport, rehab, and deployment. Pads 1–5 require $37,500 total — paid in two tranches (sourcing + deployment).
Yes. The same Class A motorhome works as a glamping suite at $150–$300/night in tourism corridors or as workforce housing at $700–$900/month in labor markets. The ROI is higher for glamping.
Padlock Park is pre-deployment. No completed Padlock Park pilot has been run yet. The economics are modeled from live salvage auction data, regional rent comparables, and an integrated operator's due-diligence package (Skyline Campground, Mosca CO). We show the full model and name every assumption on the economics page.

Operator Assessment

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