The average length of time before an RV campground is put up for sale is just seven years---and as it turns out, there's a good reason for that. While campers are out to experience fresh air, bucolic surroundings and the easy-going camaraderie of fellow travelers, the people who create that environment are often over-worked, under-paid and stressed out. And to make matters worse, their efforts are too readily dismissed as just "renting dirt."This first-hand narrati...

The average length of time before an RV campground is put up for sale is just seven years—and as it turns out, there's a good reason for that. While campers are out to experience fresh air, bucolic surroundings and the easy-going camaraderie of fellow travelers, the people who create that environment are often over-worked, under-paid and stressed out. And to make matters worse, their efforts are too readily dismissed as just "renting dirt."This first-hand narrative describes one co...

In the space of just two years, as the pandemic drove people outdoors and office workers by the millions learned they could do their jobs almost anywhere, campgrounds and RV parks have become a hot investment sector. And yet, despite this explosion of interest, there is remarkably little published guidance on how to find, evaluate and buy a campground, much less on how to manage one. The few how-to guides on the subject are either outdated or superficial, rattling on about...

The average length of time before an RV campground is put up for sale is just seven years—and as it turns out, there's a good reason for that. While campers are out to experience fresh air, bucolic surroundings and the easygoing camaraderie of fellow travelers, the people who create that environment are often over-worked, under-paid and stressed out. And to make matters worse, their efforts are too readily dismissed as just "renting dirt."This frank, first-hand narrative describes o...