RV Park Boss

Rylan Blowers is the founder and CEO of Park With Us, a reservation software built to help RV park owners simplify operations. After starting the company from a Texas camper to solve his own travel headaches, he created the human-centric platform he wished existed for independent operators. He breaks down why technology must balance digital convenience with personal service, how AI is crowding the...

Cameron Tope is an investor and the founder of Emerson Property Management, managing over 300 homes in Houston. After getting frustrated by unlicensed managers and massive corporate firms, he built the company he wished existed. He breaks down why investors must embrace the learning curve, how market shifts are creating accidental landlords, and how to properly vet a property manager. Chapters (00...

Justin Boren is a traveling minister and former teacher based in Bandera County, Texas who has lived full time in an RV for years. He talks about what separates a park that feels like a community from one that just feels like a parking lot. His answer is simple: leadership sets the temperature, and guests feel it the moment they pull in. He also gets into selling his house, ditching the mortgage,...

A conversation with Kevin Faulkner, founder of 3B Credit Health out of Waco, Texas. Jason opens up about a real situation where poor credit timing cost him 10% equity in a park refinance, roughly $150,000, because his utilization was tied up during construction and hard pulls had been stacking up. Kevin breaks down why most business owners treat credit like a nagging health problem they ignore unt...

A conversation with Lance Riggen, an East Texas based investor who went all in on RV parks after years of flipping houses, running a granite and tile business, and trying just about every other real estate strategy. Lance talks about how he uses bird dogs to find off-market deals, including a retired guy named Bob who recently tracked down a 35-pad park sitting on top of the only hill in East Texa...

A quick conversation with Duncan Waterman from Roomstay, a booking engine out of Australia and New Zealand, at the OHCI conference. Roomstay's focus is narrow on purpose: clean, fast, mobile-friendly checkout that converts browsers into bookings without the complexity of a full property management system. They integrate with RMS Cloud and New Book on the backend. Duncan also touches on SEO basics...

A conversation with Trenton Hinsley at the OHCI conference. Trenton started as a general contractor doing bathroom and kitchen remodels, got tired of the variety, and narrowed his focus entirely to decking for campgrounds. The product is modular, levels up to 4 feet to handle uneven pads, and comes pre-manufactured so a 400 square foot deck installs in about an hour and a half. The rental model is...

A conversation with Alex from a campground Wi-Fi provider at the OHCI conference. Alex's model is straightforward: no upfront cost, no maintenance fees, no service call charges. Instead, parks pay a daily rate tied to active reservations, somewhere between $1 and $3 per day per site. Guests effectively cover the cost through their stay, and the park never writes a check for the infrastructure. We...

A conversation with Brian from InsiderPerks.com at the OHCI conference. Brian started in the industry by cold calling KOA's VP of PR back in 2011, talked his way into filming 90 corporate parks up and down the East Coast, and ended up building a marketing agency that now works with 400 to 500 campgrounds. These days he is hard pivoting into AI, specifically phone agents and chatbots that integrate...

A conversation with Britt Ralph, co-owner of a 28-site campground in southern Utah, right in the middle of the Mighty 5 national parks. Britt and her husband started their RV journey after he lost his college teaching job and they decided they were done working for anyone else. They sold the stability, bought a fifth wheel, rented out their house, and hit the road with two kids under three. That y...

A conversation with Colin Miller, Director of Sales at Pacific Yurts, at the OHCI conference. Colin's pitch is straightforward: almost every RV park has a few underperforming sites, the ones by the dumpster, the entrance, or wherever nobody wants to park. Instead of leaving those sites dragging your occupancy numbers down, you drop a yurt on the existing pad, tie into the utilities already there,...

A quick conversation with Daryl Jensen, founder of RV Wheelier, at the OHCI conference. Daryl runs what he describes as a real estate brokerage for RVs. He qualifies buyers, handles the advertising, and structures deals around fair retail value. His pitch is simple: private sellers walk away with up to 50% more than they would get from a dealer, and his fee comes from the buyer side, so the seller...

A conversation with Declan Mimna, who runs a booking engine built originally for the Australia and New Zealand outdoor hospitality market and is now making a push into the US. Declan comes from an Expedia background, and his whole focus is on what happens before a guest completes a reservation, not after. We talk about why most park management software ignores the checkout funnel entirely, what it...

A conversation with Dylan from Campfire Capital Group out of Greenville, South Carolina. Dylan runs two sides of the same business: brokering campground deals and buying parks himself. His take is that being an owner makes him a better broker, and being a broker makes him a better owner. We get into where he sees real opportunity right now (the Carolinas and Southeast, not just Texas and Florida),...

A conversation with Jason Olson, founder of Conestoga Wagon Company, at the OHCI conference. Jason started building glamping wagons in 2015 for his own park in Wyoming and has since sold over 700 across the country. We get into why his wagons use a double-canopy air insulation system instead of fabric (mold and smell, mainly), how the design holds up in 100 mph winds, and the high-end shower pods...

A quick conversation with Justin Jorgensen from Pilot Rock at the OHCI conference. Justin's family has been building site amenities; fire rings, grills, picnic tables, lantern poles, for 65 years out of northwest Iowa, and they haven't cut corners yet. We talked about why powder-coated grills fail in a few seasons while heat-resistant enamel lasts 40 to 50 years, why cheap lumber picnic tables bec...

Justin McWilliams stops by to talk about what it looks like to build a campground from scratch and actually make it work. In just a couple of months since their grand opening, Camp Quitcherbitchin went from 80% OTA bookings to 80% direct, built a following of 17,000 people, landed sponsorships from Pepsi and Twisted X, and is already seeing guests come back 10 times. We get into influencer strateg...

Sammy Chamino and Kyle Weaver join the podcast live from the OHC conference to break down the mechanics of rapid park revitalization, high-end infrastructure upgrades, and large-scale disaster recovery. Drawing from years of field experience, Sammy shares how his team has mastered the science of mobile home rehabilitation, turning distressed "shit show" units into rent-ready assets in as little as...

Mike from Wild Energy stops by the OHCE conference to share how RV park owners are leaving serious money on the table by not metering their utilities. We get into EVs, energy-hungry Class A rigs, and some wild stories about Bitcoin miners and Tesla Powerwall abusers hiding in plain sight. If you've ever wondered whether metering is worth it, Mike makes a pretty convincing case that it pays for its...

In this quick chat we dive into the best ways to fund and scale your next outdoor hospitality project. We compare the pros and cons of SBA versus USDA loans, covering everything from interest rates and project sizes to the "rinse and repeat" strategies for building an empire. Whether you're looking to bridge a gap in construction costs or want to avoid giving up your hard-earned equity, this break...

In this episode, we sit down with Pierce from Live Oak Bank at the OHCE conference to discuss the specialized world of RV park lending. Pierce explains why working with an industry specific lender is critical for navigating the complexities of SBA 7a loans, construction projects, and feasibility studies. We explore the current interest rate environment and the specific credit factors that help fir...

In this episode, Rachel Godbout of OHC discusses the shifting landscape of the RV and campground industry. She shares data-driven insights on how guest behaviors are changing through shorter booking leads and travel distances while explaining why flexibility is the ultimate tool for park owners today. From leveraging all inclusive incentives to protect your rent to pivoting between short term and...

Electrical engineer William discusses his simple device that helps RV parks and small businesses reduce electric bills by 15% to 20%. The technology is based on century-old principles scaled down into a compact, easy-to-install box for modern panels. Born out of the 2009 financial crisis, this solution focuses on recycling electricity to lower overhead for high-usage properties. William offers a p...

In this episode, we sit down with Scott from Bike RX at the OHI Conference to discuss how campground owners can turn a tiny footprint into a major profit center. Scott shares how "micro bike shops" solve a massive pain point for travelers, increase property value (NOI), and provide a high-end amenity that keeps guests riding happy. Chapters (00:00:00) - Bike Rx (00:04:33) - Bicycle Repairman Turns...

Steve Pennington of Anua joins the podcast to discuss wastewater solutions for off-grid RV parks . Since many parks lack municipal sewer access, Steve explains how alternative treatment systems help owners maximize site yield when conventional septic isn't an option . The conversation covers the necessity of early soil testing, varying water usage requirements for different types of stays, and how...