The LotRush Blog

Practical guides for RV park owners, written by the LotRush team — we run a park ourselves.

How to Fill Empty RV Park Spots Fast: 9 Tactics That Work — Empty pads cost the same to own as full ones. Here are the nine tactics we used at our own park to go from 12 occupied spots to 30 in 60 days.
RV Park Management Software: What It Is and When You Need It — A plain-language look at what RV park management software actually does, the signs you have outgrown spreadsheets, and when you genuinely do not need it yet.
How Much Is My RV Park Worth? Valuation Basics for Owners — RV parks are valued on income, which means your records are worth real money. Here is how buyers actually calculate what your park is worth.
How We Took an RV Park From $4K to $15K/Month in 60 Days — The unvarnished story of Blue Quail RV Park: what we bought, what was broken, the exact sequence of fixes, and what we would do differently.
RV Park vs Mobile Home Park: Differences for Owners & Investors — They look similar from the road, but RV parks and mobile home parks are different businesses. Here is how they compare on the dimensions that matter.
How to Raise RV Park Rates Without Losing Tenants — Raising rates feels risky, but under-market rents are the bigger risk. Here is the process we used to reprice our own park without losing the tenants worth keeping.
Monthly vs Nightly RV Sites: Which Mix Makes More Money? — Nightly rates look bigger, but monthly tenants pay every night including the ones nobody books. Here is how to actually think about the mix.
The RV Park Owner's Guide to Online Rent Collection — Cash and checks feel free, but they cost you trips, disputes, and value at exit. Here is how to move your park to online rent collection without drama.
How to Handle Submetered Electric Billing at Your Park — Flat-rate electric quietly eats the margin on long-term sites. Here is how to run submetered billing that is accurate, transparent, and on schedule.
Digital Check-In for RV Parks: Why Paper Is Costing You — A clipboard cannot tell you who is actually in your park. Here is what digital check-in captures, and why it matters the day something goes wrong.
RV Park Maintenance Tracking: A Simple System That Works — Most park maintenance lives in text threads and someone's memory. Here is the simple intake-to-done system we run at our own park, and why the records pay off later.
What Is NOI and Why RV Park Owners Should Track It Daily — Net operating income is the single number that drives your park's value. Here is what counts, what does not, and why seeing it live beats finding out at tax time.
How to Prepare Your RV Park to Sell for Maximum Value — The best exits start a year or two before the listing. Here is the preparation runway we followed at our own park, which drew 70+ buyer inquiries when we listed it.
How to Buy Your First RV Park: A Beginner's Checklist — Buying your first park is mostly about verification: the real rent roll versus the claimed one, the age of what is underground, and a plan for the first 90 days.
RV Park Cap Rates Explained (With Examples) — Cap rate is just NOI divided by price, but that one ratio decides what your park is worth. Worked examples, what moves the number, and how it relates to multiples.
Best RV Park Management Software 2026: How to Choose — Most software disappointment comes from buying the wrong category, not the wrong brand. Here is how to match your park type to the right tool and what to check before signing.
ResNexus Alternatives: What to Look For — Owners shop for alternatives when the tool and the park stop matching. Here is a fair framework for evaluating your options, especially if you run a long-term park.
Campspot Alternatives: Keeping Your Guest Data Yours — The deeper question behind any platform switch is who owns your guest relationships. Here is how to evaluate alternatives with data ownership as the lens.
RoverPass Alternatives for Long-Term Parks — If your park runs on monthly tenants, a reservation engine may be the wrong primary tool no matter how good it is. Here is the evaluation list for long-term parks.
How to Get More Direct Bookings for Your RV Park — Every direct booking is a guest relationship you own. The playbook: Google Business Profile, a page guests can act on, fast responses, and a reviews flywheel.
RV Park Marketing: 12 Free Ways to Get Found — You do not need an ad budget to fill pads. These are the twelve free tactics we actually used to grow occupancy at our own park.
Why most RV park owners leave 30-50% of value on the table at exit — In our experience talking to buyers and sellers, verification failures, not park quality, are where exit value quietly disappears. Here is how the discount stacks up and how to prevent it.
RV park valuation guide — what buyers actually look at in 2026 — A practical guide to how RV parks get priced in 2026: the income approach, why verifiable NOI beats claimed NOI, and what buyers quietly discount.
The 10 systems every RV park needs before trying to sell — Buyers pay for what they can verify. These are the ten record-keeping systems that make an RV park sellable, and why each one raises buyer confidence.
How we turned a 12-pad RV park into a $900K exit in 60 days — The full story of Blue Quail RV Park in Moore, Texas: from 12 occupied spots and about $4,000 a month to a $900,000 cash contract, and the documentation that made the exit possible.
How to calculate RV park NOI — the number that determines your sale price — NOI is the number buyers multiply to price your RV park. Here is exactly how to calculate it, what to include, what to leave out, and a worked example.
How to Reduce No-Shows and Chargebacks at Your Park — No-shows cost you the night and chargebacks cost you the money plus a fee. Here is the paper trail and policy setup that prevents most of both.
Managing Long-Term Tenants: Leases, Rules, and Renewals — Long-term tenants are the most stable revenue in this business, and the biggest source of problems when there is nothing in writing. Here is our system.
Seasonal Pricing for RV Parks: A Practical Guide — One flat rate all year means you are underpriced in your busy season and overpriced in your slow one. Here is how to price with your own data.
How AI Is Changing RV Park Management — We run an RV park and we build software with AI in it, so here is the honest version: what AI actually does for a park today and what it cannot touch.
RV Park Occupancy Benchmarks: What's a Good Rate? — Everyone wants the magic occupancy number. There is not one, and here is what to measure instead, with the real numbers from our own park.
Starting an RV Park in Texas: Costs, Rules, Reality — We operate a park in Texas, and most of what determines success is decided before the first pad is poured. Here is the unvarnished version.
The 30+ Tools RV Park Owners Juggle (And How to Replace Them) — The average park runs on a pile of apps, spreadsheets, and sticky notes that do not talk to each other. The real cost is not the subscriptions.
RV Park Insurance Basics Every Owner Should Know — We are park operators, not insurance advisors, but running a park teaches you what coverage questions to ask and why your records decide claims.
From Spreadsheets to Software: Migrating Your Park's Data — The spreadsheet worked until it did not. Here is the migration order, the weekend plan, and the parallel month that make switching to software safe.