California MHP News

Tue, Jan 31, 2017 – One question that has been continually asked by residents is how can the Real Estate Agents sell mobile homes in Kort & Scott parks knowing what is happening and what the outcome may be? If they were Realtors, they may be in violation of their licensing requirements and Code of Ethics which states this…

REALTORS® having direct personal knowledge of conduct that may violate the Code of Ethics involving misappropriation of client or customer funds or property, willful discrimination, or fraud resulting in substantial economic harm, bring such matters to the attention of the appropriate Board or Association of REALTORS®.

But, these are not Realtors that we are discussing, these are individuals who have an HCD Occupational License which allows them to legally sell mobile homes in the State of California. The Occupational Licensing Program is administered exclusively by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

The MHPHOA believe that the high volume retailers in Kort & Scott owned mobile home parks have “direct personal knowledge” of the park owner’s predatory business practices.

The MHPHOA believe these high volume retailers should have their Occupational Licenses revoked. It is time to put a stop to this predatory business model and it all starts with the sales of mobile homes.

1. Retailer 1: Blue Carpet Manufactured Homes
   10231 Slater Avenue, Suite 115
   Fountain Valley, California 92708-4745
   714-636-6666
2. Retailer 2: Monarch Home Sales
   8907 Warner Avenue, Suite 151
   Huntington Beach, California 92647-8303
   714-916-0310

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Mobile Home Sales – Monarch Home Sales

Mon, Jan 30, 2017 – We are currently tracking 900+ mobiles homes in the KSFG/SCM inventory. We have acquired sales information for the KSFG/SCM mobile home parks and will post additional data once vetted.

BHPH 1/3 Evict 2/3 Auction 3/3 Sell Turnover

Note: 3 Step Process – Step 1: Eviction, Step 2: Auction, Step 3: For Sale

Mobile Home Sales Statistics

Sun, Jan 29, 2017 – The MHPHOA have reviewed and vetted over one-thousand (1,000) Mobile Homes for Sale listings (850+ Displayed) in mobile home parks owned by Kort & Scott Financial Group and managed by Sierra Corporate Management. Based on our research, this represents an estimated twenty percent (20%) of the 5,064 mobile home spaces in thirty-three (33) mobile home parks owned by Kort & Scott in California.

The process of researching mobile home sales is a time consuming process. In many instances, important information lawfully required by California Health and Safety Codes commencing with Section 18045, is absent from online mobile home for sale advertisements including but not limited to;

1. Mobile Home Manufacturer Name
2. Manufacturer Model
3. Manufacturer Serial Number(s) and/or HCD Decal Number
4. Park Space/Lot Number
5. Space Rent
6. Utilities as Additional Costs
7. Property Taxes as Additional Costs
8. Total Costs to Buyer

Realtors vs. Mobile Home Retailers, Dealers, Salespeople

A large percentage of mobile homes sold in Kort & Scott owned mobile home parks are handled via individuals who have obtained an Occupational License (OL) issued by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). These individuals are referred to as Salespeople (SP) and represent a business entity who has a Dealers License (DL) also referred to as a Retailer.

These are not Realtors licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE) although some mobile home Retailers may have Real Estate Licenses in addition to their Occupational Licenses from the HCD.

Dealers and Salespeople selling mobile homes must adhere to the California Health and Safety Codes (HSC) that govern individuals/entities operating with Occupational Licenses issued and overseen by the HCD.

Examples: Mobile Home Sales Advertised by Executive Mobile Homes

Online advertisements listing mobile homes for sale indicate that Mary Bizzy (DL1074750) and Delia Nazario (SP1285089) from Executive Mobile Homes are transacting mobile home sales in mobile home parks owned by Kort & Scott Financial Group (KSFG) and managed by Sierra Corporate Management (SCM).

Information lawfully required by California Health and Safety Codes commencing with Section 18045, is absent from the below six (6) online mobile home for sale advertisements by Executive Mobile Homes.

Fri, Jan 27, 2017 – After being sworn in by Governor Jerry Brown during the State of the State address Tuesday, former Rep. Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles is now officially California’s Attorney General.

Becerra resigned from his congressional seat in order to fill the vacancy created when previous Attorney General Kamala Harris, was sworn into the U.S. Senate earlier this month.

Thu, Jan 26, 2017 – Sortable table of current space rents from $398 to $1,947 in 33 mobile home parks in California owned by a Kort & Scott (KSFG) company and managed by Sierra Corporate Management (SCM).

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 Updates – On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 20:25, the City of Santa Clarita voted 5/0 and approved the extension of a moratorium on the conversion/change of any senior mobilehome park to a mobilehome park allowing residents of all ages, for an additional period of 12 months with an expiration date of Sun, Jan 28, 2018.
City of Santa Clarita Council Meeting Agenda Item and Video (Start at 2:03:30)

Section 3, Item C: The conversion of any mobilehome park currently in existence in the City from a park where at least 80% of the full-time residents are individuals 55 years of age and older (a “senior-only” mobilehome park) to a mobilehome park accepting residents of all ages is prohibited for an additional period of 12 months from the expiration date of Ordinance No. 16-04.

Measures Taken: 8. City staff received a number of complaints of park spaces being rented to households in which there was not an individual over 55 years of age. City staff continues to monitor the status of the senior parks and to investigate complaints from individuals believing that the moratorium has been violated.
2017-01-24 – Santa Clarita Urgency Ordinance

Moratorium Timeline

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Sierra Mobile Home Park

• Address: 18204 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California 91387
• County: Los Angeles
• Phone: 661-252-3028
• Spaces: 74
• Type: 55+
• 2017 Space Rent: $650
• Purchased: Oct 2015, Amount: $3,270,000
  Loan Type: Fannie Mae ARM, Chad Thomas Hagwood
• Management: Sierra Corporate Management
• DBA: Sierra GP LLC, Sierra MHP Associates LP
• DBA Filing: Sep 2015

Tue, Jan 24, 2017 – The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) launched a new broken website on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/. The new website is based on the Bootstrap framework and is rife with serious technical errors.

Attention Webmasters: Verify ALL Links to the HCD Website

If you have links pointing to the HCD, it is advised that you verify every single one of them, they have most likely changed without proper notification from the HCD servers. This means you won’t know there is a problem until you actually click on a link to a page or PDF document that used to reside at the link you have on file. This is going to create a major backlash for the HCD when it comes to the indexing entities and those resources who have a large number of links pointing to the old file names.

This is not the first time the HCD has diminished the integrity of their website. There was a new release of the Codes and Standards interface in Oct 2016. During that upgrade, previous information that was available for research is no longer available. Direct links to the Mobile Home Park Complaint Form became non-functional. You now have to start from the CASAS 2 Home Page and drill your way down to the information that you could previously link directly to.

Technical Note: The MHPHOA have spidered the http://www.hcd.ca.gov/ domain and there are thousands (5,500+) of “Page Not Found” errors, we had to stop the crawl at 13% (5,500/48,000+ URIs) due to the number of errors being reported.

The HCD servers are returning a 200 OK Status for these pages/documents which is incorrect, it appears the 404 Handler is misconfigured. This is referred to as a “Webmaster FAIL” of epic proportions.

HCD Website Crawl – HCD Page Not Found – Webmaster FAIL

The MHPHOA Webmasters give the HCD Webmasters an “A” for being Amateurs, a “C” for being Clueless, and an “F” for Failing to follow proper protocols. This is a major technical mistake that may/will have a long-term negative impact on indexing. Let us observe how long it takes the HCD Webmasters Hacks to Undo this technical nightmare.
Anonymous CWO Ctrl+Z

5 A B H K M P V X

Sun, Jan 22, 2017 – Letters were sent 11/30/16 to lower income residents of Vista Diablo who are receiving the City’s rental subsidy. The letter informs them, for the second time, of the end of the rent subsidy on September 30, 2017. It also includes a list of all subsidized affordable senior housing, as well as information about 211 and the upcoming Tabora Gardens Project.

The source of funding for this subsidy was the former Antioch Development Agency, and the contract terminates at that time. There have been no new funds provided or identified that can be used for this purpose. In addition to the City subsidy ending, the agreement with Sierra Management, the owner of Vista Diablo Mobile Estates to retain the Senior Living nature of this community and limit rent increases will also end in September 2017.
2016-12-02 – City of Antioch – City Manager’s Weekly Report

The MHPHOA will be monitoring the events in Vista Diablo Mobile Estates (Owned by a Kort & Scott Company) leading up to the expiration date of the rent subsidy program and the ten (10) year moratorium on conversion from senior (55+) to an all age park.

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Antioch City Council Comments from 2007

2007 Jun – Antioch City Council – The council members expressed their outrage at what’s been going on. ‘It’s elder abuse, it’s terrorizing senior citizens - and it’s got to stop,’ said Mayor Don Freitas. ‘It just simply has to stop. I’m hopeful that the owners will truly sit down in good faith - because I think it’s only been bad faith - and truly negotiate with us.’

Councilman Arne Simonsen said, ‘When you look at the rents that are being charged (for just the land under the mobile home) this is obscene what they are doing. You’re paying a little less than what I pay for a mortgage on land with a house. That’s wrong, that’s totally wrong. I’m very mad at these folks. I think it’s wrong. It gives free enterprise a completely bad name.’

Councilman Jim Davis said, ‘I wanted to voice my total disdain to this management company for their insistence upon, in my mind, wreaking total havoc and discontent from the owners of the individual coaches in the park.’

Councilman Reggie Moore said, ‘I find this very troubling. I believe strongly in corporate responsibility.’

Neither the Vista Diablo owners, a company called Kort & Scott, nor the managers, Sierra Corporate Management represented by Abe Arrigotti, were in attendance at the meeting.

2007 Jan – Councilman Brian Kalinowski – The way this group (Sierra Corporate Management) has been conducting business has been slimy – and that’s being nice. From my perspective, nothing about this smells right. You have 70-plus-year-old seniors signing leases for 20 years or more with an automatic 6% increase in rent each year. How do you do that to someone on fixed income?

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Vista Diablo Mobile Estates

• Address: 2901 Somersville Road, Antioch, California 94509
• County: Contra Costa
• Phone: 925-757-9321
• Spaces: 150
• Type: 55+
• 2017 Space Rent: $1,155
• Refinanced: Jun 2016, Amount: $16,000,000
  Loan Type: Fannie Mae SARM, Chad Thomas Hagwood
• Management: Sierra Corporate Management
• DBA: Vista Diablo GP LLC, Vista Diablo Mobile Estates LLC, Vista Diablo Mobile Estates LP
• DBA Filing: Sep 1995, Jan 2005

Sat, Jan 21, 2017 – We have received several homeowner complaints from multiple Kort & Scott Financial Group owned mobile home parks regarding 3/60 notifications being served for rent payments that were inserted into a Sierra Corporate Management Rent Dropbox and claimed as being late or not received at all.

There have also been recent dropbox thefts (Oct 2016, Nov 2016) that have been reported by residents at multiple Kort & Scott mobile home parks.

Avoid using a dropbox if you have the option of giving your rent directly to a person.

Mobile Home Owner Warning: Using the SCM Rent Dropbox can be hazardous to your financial health.

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Lincoln Center Mobile Home Park

• Address: 9080 Bloomfield Avenue, Cypress, California 90630
• County: Orange
• Phone: 714-826-6211
• Spaces: 305
• Type: Family
• 2017 Space Rent: $1,750
• Purchased: Mar 2005, Amount: $19,795,000, Leasehold Rights Only
• Refinanced: Dec 2013, Amount: $158,000,000, 6/8 MHP Package
  Loan Type: Fannie Mae FRM, Chad Thomas Hagwood
• Management: Sierra Corporate Management
• DBA: Lincoln Center GP LLC, Lincoln Center MHP Associates LP
• DBA Filing: Apr 2004
• Ground Lease: Oct 1984, Lincoln Center Mobile Home Park LP (Bendetti Co)

Thu, Jan 19, 2017 – What are your chances of selling your “resident owned mobile home” for what it’s worth in a mobile home park owned by Kort & Scott and managed by Sierra Corporate Management? “Slim to none” is the expression we hear when that question is answered by those who have attempted to sell their mobile home for what it is worth and, within a reasonable timeframe.

Many of the resident owned mobile home sales we’ve researched have resulted in the mobile homes being sold for a fraction of their value to a Kort & Scott affiliate and/or being removed from the park by a broker who specializes in purchasing and removing distressed mobile homes.

There are a number of reasons why you may not be able to sell your mobile home in a Kort & Scott mobile home park including but not limited to…

1. Space Rent Increases
2. Long-Term Lease Agreements with Right of First Refusal
3. Forbearance Agreements with Right of First Refusal
4. Park Management Interference
5. Space Rent Specials for Park/Affiliate Owned Homes
6. Income Requirements for Prospective Tenants
7. Listing Mobile Homes for Sale with Kort & Scott Affiliated Retailers
8. Mobile Home Park Degentrification

Wed, Jan 18, 2017 – The MHPHOA are currently developing a database of Resident Owned Communities (ROC) aka Resident Owned Parks (ROP) in the State of California. We welcome input from our audience regarding additions and/or corrections to the data currently available. If you’d like to contribute information to the database, please contact the MHPHOA.

Resident Ownership of Manufactured Home Parks

Resident ownership of MH parks is a very positive goal, for many reasons. Properly done, converting the park where you live to resident ownership:
GSMOL – Buying Your Park

• Stabilizes your monthly housing expenses over the long term.
• Secures the value of your homes.
• Avoids the consequences if local rent control is ever lost or compromised.
• Makes your homes easier to sell.
• Builds your park into a real community and improves its quality of life.
• Protects your park from ever being closed or changed to another use.

What is a Resident Owned Community (ROC)?

About two percent of manufactured home communities in the United States are owned by their homeowners as either a subdivision, condo or co-op.

In subdivisions and condos, homeowners own their individual lot and have common ownership of community facilities. In a co-op, homeowners own a share in the co-op which owns the community for the benefit of its shareholders. Both provide homeowners with control over the land under their homes.
ROC USA

Mobilehome Park Rehabilitation and Resident Ownership Program (MPRROP)

Purpose: Finance the preservation of affordable mobilehome parks by conversion to ownership or control by resident organizations, nonprofit housing sponsors, or local public agencies.

Eligible Activities: Purchase (conversion) of a mobilehome park by a resident organization, nonprofit entity or local public agency; rehabilitation or relocation of a purchased park; purchase by a low income resident of a share or space in a converted park or to pay for the cost to repair low income resident’s mobilehomes.

Eligible Applicants: Mobilehome park resident organizations, nonprofit entities, and local public agencies. Low income residents of converted parks apply for individual loans to the entity that has purchased the park.
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Mon, Jan 16, 2017 – The question of “How much is a lease worth to KSFG/SCM?” has arisen many times. We’ve crunched the raw data and have added a new column to our SCM Space Rent Calculator showing your “Lease Value” or what you will pay for your Space Rent for the duration of your lease. The Lease Value also gives us an all-in starting point for the total value of the Lease Receivables.

The financial incentives (e.g. $1,000.00) being offered by KSFG/SCM to sign a Long-Term Lease Agreement are a pittance compared to the estimated value of the Lease Receivables.

Tustin Village Mobile Home Park
15352 Williams Street, Tustin, California 92780, 714-542-0637

Sun, Jan 15, 2017 – 1. The overall condition of the park along with the quality of life have deteriorated considerably since I purchased my mobilehome here in September 2006. This process appears to have begun at the time of the Leasehold Rights purchase by Kort & Scott in January 2005 and has accelerated after the conversion to a Family Park in 2007.

2. Past and ongoing lack of, and failure to, enforce the Tustin Village MHP Rules and Regulations. Items: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 22, 27, 29, 31 and 34. I’ve estimated 100+ Title 25, HCD, and MRL Violations, well beyond the average. Information obtained from the MPM-PI Violation Booklet, Title 25 and the MRL.

3. Park Management itself continues to violate the Tustin Village MHP Rules and Regulations, specifically item number 7 regarding Accessory Equipment, Structures and Appliances, Section B, Sub-Section 8, Item (a) which states (a) Only new, not used, mobilehomes are permitted.

The above are 3 of 6 reasons listed for this resident walking away from their mobile home in Tustin Village Mobile Home Park. This is a 40-page PDF document outlining the deterioration of a Kort & Scott Financial Group mobile home park over the period of nine (9) years, from Jan 2005 thru Nov 2014.

60 Days Notice of Intent to Vacate
File Type: PDF, Pages: 40, File Size: 7.2MB

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Tustin Village Mobile Home Park

• Address: 15352 Williams Street, Tustin, California 92780
• County: Orange
• Phone: 714-542-0637
• Spaces: 192, Apartments: 2
• Type: Family
• 2017 Space Rent: $1,700
• Purchased: Jan 2005, Amount: $4,500,000, Leasehold Rights Only
• Management: Sierra Corporate Management
• DBA: Tustin Village GP LLC, Tustin Village MHP Associates LP
  NorPlum LP (Ground Lease Holder)
• DBA Filing: Dec 2004, Dec 2008

Fri, Jan 13, 2017 – The MHPHOA is a group of current and previous mobile home owners who live in, or have lived in, a mobile home park owned by a Kort & Scott Financial Group (KSFG) company and managed by Sierra Corporate Management (SCM) or another named DBA (Doing Business As).

Our purpose is to provide mobile home owners with news and information regarding their mobile home park and the ongoing business activities of KSFG and SCM.

Please read our Information Disclaimer. We do our best to provide information that is accurate and timely. Our sources of information are publicly available and are curated by a group of knowledgeable mobile home owners both past and present.

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Thu, Jan 12, 2017 – Molds release tiny spores and even smaller particles that travel through the air. Everyone inhales some mold every day without apparent harm; however, molds can cause allergy, irritation or inflammation, or rarely, infection. Allergic reactions are the most well-recognized responses to inhaling mold spores, and some people are more sensitive to the effects of dampness mold. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that individuals not sensitized to mold may experience health effects.

We know that dampness and mold cause health effects both in allergic and non-allergic people. If you can see mold, water damage, or moisture, or smell mold, there is at least some increased health risk. The more extensive or severe the dampness and mold, the greater the risk of health effects. We do not know whether specific types of mold are responsible, or whether bacteria or chemical emissions related to dampness also cause some of the health problems.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

California Mobile Home Owner Tips

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Wed, Jan 11, 2017 – On Thu, Oct 20, 2016, we reported on two (2) new DBAs filed by Kort & Scott; Briarwood Associates LP and Briarwood GP LP. Our initial suspicion of an impending mobile home purchase in Sacramento, California was correct. In Oct 2016 Kort & Scott purchased Briarwood Mobile Home Park located at 2950 Routier Road in Sacramento, California 95827.

Briarwood Mobile Home Park

• Address: 2950 Routier Road, Sacramento, California 95827
• County: Sacramento
• Phone: 916-362-5722
• Spaces: 105
• Type: Family
• Purchased: Oct 2016, Amount: $ Cash
• Refinanced: Jan 2017, Amount: $6,200,000
  Loan Type: Fannie Mae SARM, Chad Thomas Hagwood
• Management: Sierra Corporate Management
• DBA: Briarwood Associates LP, Briarwood GP LLC
• DBA Filing: Sep 2016

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Thu, Oct 20, 2016 – On Thu, Sep 15, 2016, Kort & Scott filed two (2) new DBAs; Briarwood Associates LP and Briarwood GP LP. These types of DBA filings usually precede a mobile home park purchase. We cannot locate any publicly available information regarding a Briarwood sale. This is normal, these are referred to as Pocket Listings or Off-Market NNN Properties. If anyone is aware of a Briarwood Mobile Home Park that is for sale or, it may have sold already, please contact the MHPHOA with more information.

Attention Briarwood: Do Not Sign Long-Term Lease Agreements

Suspicion: We are aware of a Briarwood Mobile Home Park (105 Spaces, Family) located at 2950 Routier Road in Sacramento, California 95827. Kort & Scott currently own two (2) mobile home parks in Sacramento County that we are aware of; Emerald Meadows Mobile Home Park (154 Spaces, Family) in Antelope and Lamplighter Sacramento Mobile Home Park (173 Spaces, 55+) in North Highlands. It would make sense for Kort & Scott to purchase a park within a reasonable radius (15-25 miles) of the two parks they currently own.

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Follow the Money – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GMAC, Capital One

Have you ever wondered where the money is coming from to fund the Kort & Scott Financial Group (KSFG) empire? Based on our research, Mr. Chad Thomas Hagwood, Senior Vice President of Originations at Capital One Multifamily Finance, has been responsible for arranging over $829.8MM+ in KSFG funding since 2005.

$829.8MM+ Mobile Home Park Financing
Arranged by Chad Thomas Hagwood

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As a Freddie Mac lender, Capital One Multifamily Finance provides a full range of competitively priced mortgage products for the acquisition, refinancing, and rehabilitation of multifamily high-rises and communities. Qualified as a Program Plus® seller/servicer, we were ranked sixth nationally among Freddie Mac lenders in 2013.

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Tue, Jan 10, 2017 – Did you lose your mobile home in an Unlawful Detainer Eviction Lawsuit filed by Kort & Scott Financial Group (KSFG) dba Sierra Corporate Management (SCM)?

If you feel that your mobile home was taken from you unfairly and you have documentation to support your claims, you may be able to recover up to $75,000 of your losses through the MHRF.

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Mon, Nov 7, 2016 – Are you without the title to your mobile home? Have you made a diligent effort in obtaining your title from the seller? Have you found out that there are property tax liens against the mobile home you paid for and that you cannot obtain your title until those liens are paid for in full?

Assembly Bill 587 which was passed by Governor Brown on Wed, Sep 21, 2016, creates a tax abatement program for mobile home owners who cannot transfer title of ownership into their names, due to tax delinquencies incurred by prior owners.

1. From the Legislative Counsel’s Digest
2. HCD Implementation of AB 587
3. Governor Signs AB 587

Sun, Jan 8, 2017 Updates – On Sat, Jan 7, 2017, the MHPHOA had the pleasure of speaking with Counselor Duffy McCarron at length regarding her case and the predatory business practices of Hart | King. The MHPHOA are offering our services to assist the Counselor with her ongoing investigations and we’ve setup a section on the MHPHOA for Hart | King research and reporting.

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Tue, Dec 27, 2016 – On Tue, Mar 1, 2016, an open letter from Nancy Duffy McCarron, CBN 164780, was sent to Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California. The opening paragraph reads…

Open Letter on Behalf of the People of the State of California

On behalf of the PEOPLE of the STATE of CALIFORNIA we petition an investigation of an ongoing racketeering enterprise orchestrated by Robert Williamson, Ryan Egan, John Pentecost and others at HART|KING, 4 Hutton Center Drive, St 900, Santa Ana, CA 92707. The enterprise was designed to steal mobile homes in California and Western United States to enrich wealthy park owners. Park owners pay HART|KING to prosecute unlawful evictions to steal homes from private owners who are rendered homeless after this grand theft of assets.

HART|KING orchestrates this racketeering enterprise to steal mobile homes by: Continue Reading…

Note: Hart | King, A Professional Corporation located at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 900, Santa Ana, California 92707, is the law firm used by Kort & Scott dba Sierra Corporate Management (SCM) to nefariously evict mobile home owners stripping them of their financial assets in the process.

Fri, Jan 6, 2017 – From the 2017 California Mobilehome Residency Law Frequently Asked Questions: Rents, Fees and Taxes, 6. Security Deposit

Resident Question: Can the park charge first and last months’ rent plus a 2-month security deposit?

MRL Answer: Normally, when a mobilehome owner is accepted for residency in a mobilehome park and signs a rental agreement, charging first month’s rent and a 2-month security deposit are permitted. (Civil Code §798.39) After one full year of satisfactory residency (meaning all rent and fees have been paid during that time), the resident is entitled to request a refund of the 2-month security deposit, or may request a refund at the time he or she vacates the park and sells the home. (Civil Code §798.39(b))
2017 California MRL FAQs

Submit your request for a security deposit refund in writing to Sierra Corporate Management today! The MRL specifically states that SCM must refund your deposit after one full year of satisfactory residency. Do not wait until you vacate the park and/or sell your mobile home.

Thu, Jan 5, 2017 – Have you ever wondered how Kort & Scott are able to execute their egregious predatory business model? It all starts with the employees of the companies owned by Kort & Scott. First and foremost are the employees of Sierra Corporate Management (SCM).

We maintain a database of employee names obtained from online documents and other publicly available sources. As we move closer to achieving our objectives, we expect those employees who are culpable of executing the Kort & Scott predatory business model to be held accountable for their actions – past, present, and future.

One particular employee, Sarah Nguyen, who has been with Kort & Scott for seventeen (17) years, appears to be a key player in the day to day operations of Sierra Corporate Management and the Kort & Scott predatory business model. Sarah Nguyen is the Executive Assistant to the President, Administrative Office Coordinator, and main point of contact for the mobile home park managers.

Sarah Nguyen joined SCM in March 2000 and is currently the Executive Assistant to the President, as well as an Administrative Office Coordinator. She also works closely with other departments and with senior staff to ensure that SCM’s mission is carried out effectively.
Sierra Corporate Management – Our Team – Sarah Nguyen

In addition to Sarah Nguyen, there are many others who are culpable in executing the Kort & Scott predatory business model including but not limited to: Richard K. Pinel (President), Abraham (Abe) Arrigotti (Past President), Drita Svetlana Bronkey (Past Sales Manager), Ricky R. Flandez (Controller), Alexander H. Segal (Director of Acquisitions), Jennifer Kay (Human Resources Manager), Shawn Bui (Property Management Accountant), Patricia Magdaleno (Regional Manager), and Trang Nguyen (Accounts Payable Specialist).

Wed, Jan 4, 2017 – Many home owners in mobile home parks owned by Kort & Scott and managed by Sierra Corporate Management have signed long-term lease agreements. Most of these agreements are for a term of 25 years with a minimum 6.0% compounding space rent increase.

Below we’ve provided ten (10) graphic tables with starting space rents beginning at $1,000 and increasing in $100 increments up to $2,000 based on the 25-year long-term lease agreements. We expect both Fountain Valley Estates ($1,947) and Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park ($1,908) to breach $2,000 per month space rent sometime in 2017.

The MHPHOA have presented these graphic tables to many residents. Most residents are shocked when they see what they’ll be paying over the term of their leases. Few have had their space rent increases presented to them in a format that they can easily view and understand what is happening each year.

Starting Monthly Space Rents

$1,000 $1,100 $1,200 $1,300 $1,400 $1,500 $1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 $2,000

Note: To save the above images, right click the button(s) and choose “Save Link As…”

SCM Space Rent Calculator

Use the MHPHOA SCM Space Rent Calculator to determine your space rent increases for the term of your lease agreement. You can change the numbers to reflect your proposed lease terms and then click/tap the “5. How Much Will My Space Rent Be?” button to generate a table similar to those you see above based on your specific terms.

Tue, Jan 3, 2017 – A summarized ordered list view by most recent date of Mobile Home Owner News for the 2016 year with duplicates merged and non-relevant topics removed. You can press Ctrl+F on your keyboard to bring up the Find/Search dialog and enter the search term to find on this page.

Sun, Jan 1, 2017 – Kort & Scott purchased Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park, a 55+ community, in late 2012 for $25.4MM. Shortly after purchase, residents were informed that the park would be changing from 55+ to an all ages community. Residents formed a group and took their concerns to the Huntington Beach City Council.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014, the City of Huntington Beach passed Ordinance No. 4019 which provided a “SR Senior Residential Overlay” to protect the seniors from predatory park owners like Kort & Scott who were/are attempting to convert the 55+ parks to all age communities.

1. 2013-08-05 – HB Chapter 228 SR Senior Residential Overlay District
2. 2014-03-17 – HB Ordinance No. 4019
3. HUD HOPA Questions and Answers
4. 1999-04-02 – Implementation of Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA)

Based on publicly available information, it appears that Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park is no longer a 55+ community. Since the ordinance was passed, Kort & Scott have slowly converted the park to all ages in what appears to be a direct violation of the ordinance. See also mobile homes advertised for sale as Family Listings by Blue Carpet Manufactured Homes in Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park.

We’ve included two (2) recent articles showing the history of Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park and how the senior residents have been subjected to the egregious predatory business model of Kort & Scott.

Disclaimer: Kort & Scott may have applied to be removed from the SR Senior Residential Overlay Ordinance No. 4019 and changed their status to an all ages community. The MHPHOA will be obtaining verification of the park’s proper conversion from 55+ to all ages, we will post updates when confirming information becomes available.

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Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park – 20% Turnover in 9 Months

Sun, Nov 13, 2016 – As of Nov 2016, here are the space rents for the Kort & Scott owned mobile home parks in California. The lowest space rent is $398 (Laco Mobile Home Park) and the highest is $1,947 (Fountain Valley Estates). We maintain a Timeline of Space Rents in Kort & Scott owned mobile home parks so that you can see the egregious and predatory rent increases that take place usually on a yearly basis.

One example of predatory rent increases causing economic hardships forcing homeowners to sell or abandon their mobile homes would be Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park located at 19361 Brookhurst Street, Huntington Beach, California 92646. Kort & Scott Financial Group (KSFG) purchased Rancho Huntington in late 2012 for $25,400,000 (Fannie Mae ARM).

In Jan 2006, space rents in Rancho Huntington were advertised at $500 per month. In Jan 2013, shortly after the Kort & Scott purchase, space rents were advertised at $1,000 per month. As of Nov 2016, mobile home space rents are now advertised at $1,908 per month, that’s a 91% increase in 3 years since purchase. Overall, the Seniors in Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park have experienced a 282% increase in space rent in 10 years.

Rancho Huntington is classified as a Senior Park (55+). Prospective buyers must prove income at least 3 times the space rent e.g. $1,908 x 3 = $5,724. How many Seniors do you know claim that type of income?

The homeowners are fleeing. Online records indicate that 38 mobiles homes have listed for sale since Jan 29, 2016, that’s 20% of the park and the year is not over with. Our data shows that at least 40% of Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park’s mobile homes have sold since Jan 2013 with at least 7% of them having sold twice (Same Space Turnover).

This exodus of mobile home owners is happening throughout Kort & Scott mobile home parks in the States of California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

Estimated Space Rent Based on 100% CPI Adjustments Since 2006

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Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park – Space Rent: $1,908 Per Month

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Huntington Beach’s Mobile Home Uprising – Which Side Are YOU On?

Sun, Aug 3, 2014 – When the homeowners are driven out by sudden, exorbitant rent increases – as seems to be the actual goal of owners like Saunders LLC or Kort & Scott – they technically have the option of attempting to sell their homes so they can afford to live somewhere else. BUT, incredibly, the park owner has the right to refuse any buyer who doesn’t pass their absurd and arbitrary approval process. So eventually the homeowner, no longer a homeowner, is forced to abandon their property, which becomes the property of the park owner, and the senior shuffles off in shame and penury, sometimes never to be heard from again.

When I trekked a couple miles northeast to Rancho Huntington near the Fountain Valley border, the park under the occupation of Buena Park tycoons Kort & Scott, the park known as the hotbed of HB mobile home activism, I met or heard tell of: 1. A nearly-senile lady who was so shaken by the new owners’ strong-arm tactics that she panicked and sold her expensive home at a fraction of its worth; 2. More than one chipper lady in their 70’s who are now looking for work so they can pay their new exorbitant rents; 3. TWO MORE World War II Vets not as well off as Pacific’s Alvarez, who are really in danger of going homeless any month.

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