Module 1
The Local-Tenant Thesis
Why transient occupancy has a ceiling, why it collapses in winter, and who the local tenant actually is.
4 lessons · worksheet: Occupancy gap calculator
Empty pads need a plan. Learn how to build yours. Padlock Park Occupancy Course.
An operator’s education, built around decisions
Before you buy a unit, know what your park can support.
Work through costs, local requirements, sourcing and long-stay operations. Leave with worksheets you can use to evaluate a specific occupancy strategy for your own park.
- Modules
- 10
- Lessons
- 43
- Worksheets
- 10
What can I try before buying?
Do this: Open the free module, read its four lessons and download the occupancy worksheet.
Ready when: You can identify your empty-pad count and the questions you need to answer before investing.
Included: Real course material and a downloadable worksheet. No sign-in is required for the sample.
Illustrative park artwork. This course sells education, not physical deployment or guaranteed results.
The curriculum
Ten modules. A complete decision framework.
Work through one specific occupancy strategy: evaluating refurbished Class A motorhomes for long-stay tenants. Learn to compare acquisition and repair costs, assess local permitting, screen tenants and plan daily operations before committing capital. The course helps you decide whether this model fits your park, and when to walk away.
The course is that method written down: 10 modules, 43 lessons, one working worksheet per module, every outside number cited to its source, every legal document marked for your attorney. One honest limit, stated on the page and inside the course: nobody has finished a Padlock Park pilot yet. What you are buying is the research and the paperwork, not a testimonial.
Try the actual first module and worksheet →Module 2
Unit Economics
What a pad rents for, what a mobile home really costs to place, the $7,500 unit, and payback in months.
4 lessons · worksheet: Per-unit ROI sheet
Module 3
Sourcing Salvage Class A Units
Where the units are, what the title types mean, which damage is cosmetic and which is fatal, and how to bid without blowing the cap.
5 lessons · worksheet: Auction bid sheet and inspection checklist
Module 4
Transport and Placement
Getting a unit that does not drive from the auction yard onto your pad, level, connected, and secured.
4 lessons · worksheet: Vendor list template
Module 5
The 30-Day Refurb
A standard scope, a fixed calendar, and a budget tracker that stops the unit from going over the cap.
5 lessons · worksheet: 30-day schedule and $7,500 budget tracker
Module 6
Permits, Zoning, Insurance
The day-count that turns a guest into a tenant, how to screen your own state and county, and what to ask your insurance agent.
4 lessons · worksheet: Jurisdiction screening checklist
Module 7
Lease and Tenancy Structure
Pad lease, unit rental, or rent-to-own; deposits; utility billing; and the documents your attorney reviews before you use them.
4 lessons · worksheet: Lease outline
Module 8
Finding and Screening Local Tenants
Where local demand lives, how to write the ad, how to screen fairly and firmly, and how to run the showing and the move-in.
4 lessons · worksheet: Ad copy template and screening script
Module 9
Operations and Collections
Rent day, the maintenance cadence that keeps a unit dry, the collections ladder, and the records that prove all of it.
4 lessons · worksheet: Monthly operations checklist
Module 10
What Kills the Deal
County bans, unit rot, the tenant who removes the unit, eviction timelines, rent-to-own traps, and over-improvement. Score each one before you buy.
5 lessons · worksheet: Deal-killer scorecard
The moment you pay
Create a login with the email you paid with and the course opens. No code, no wait. Lifetime access, every future update included.
30 days, any reason
If it is not what you needed, reply to your receipt and the purchase is refunded in full. A refund closes access; that is the whole rule.
First 50 buyers
The founding price is $297 against the list price of $497. Same course, same access, same refund. When the seats are gone the page says so.
Where the numbers come from: occupancy from RoverPass industry statistics, long-term pad rents from LatestCost, mobile home installation cost from Manufactured Housing Consultants, unit prices from the live IAA and Copart RV listings. Every lesson links its own sources inline. Not investment, legal or tax advice.
Not for a park that is already full, or an owner who does not want tenants staying past a season. Ask a question first if you are not sure.