Meet Blake Comfort | Mobile Home Park Investor

We had the good fortune of connecting with Blake Comfort and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Blake, what’s something about your industry that outsiders are probably unaware of?
One thing about the manufactured housing community industry that people are unaware of is how difficult it is to build new communities and bring a new supply of communities online. It’s very hard to develop mobile home parks and then conversely sell those new mobile homes off. Zoning regulations and NIMBYism heavily restricts our ability to create new manufactured housing communities (mobile home parks). Maybe 5-7 new communities come online nationally each year, with tens if not hundreds of communities going offline and being redeveloped into other asset classes. Supply for MHCs remains around 40,000(ish) nationally with the supply ever dwindling.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
We are mobile home park investors and operators. Comfort Capital – the private equity side of the business – raises capital, sources deals, acquires them, and handles the investment side of the company. On the other side is Comfort Communities – the management / operations side of the business – which handles day-to-day operations at the communities including sales & leasing, maintenance, property management, etc. We acquired communities on a deal-by-deal basis and invest alongside our investors in our offerings. We distribute monthly cash flow checks to investors as well as depreciation through their tax K1 which can offset their tax bill. We’re family owned & operated, with the company being started in 2009 by myself and my father, Wayne Comfort. Today, I run both companies with my sister – Jennifer Purcell.

I’m most proud of our team. This operation couldn’t be done alone, it takes a team of individuals who offer unique skills that compliment. We have a great team that executes with accuracy, speed, and tenacity. I’m most excited for the next 5-years. 2025 has been our biggest YTD and we’re on track to smash all of our 10-year growth goals early. I’m so excited to see this growth as its taken us 16+ years of grinding to get here.

We’ve learned a lot along the way, everything from operating mobile home parks, to capital raising, to property management, the list goes on. Despite the hurdles throughout the years, I’m happy to share we’ve never lost investor capital nor have had a capital call in our 16-year track record.

We want the world to know our brand and our story is nothing special. It’s the product of hard work and aiming. When we originally started, we had an aim in mind: $20,000/mo. in passive income. With that aim in mind, we started to work towards this by investing in mobile home parks. Over time we started reaching our goal and eventually surpassed it. Since then, we’ve grown our portfolio to 26 (soon 30) communities and over 2,600 units. We didn’t have any special gift, we were your typical American family looking to get financial freedom. Through smart work and execution we’ve achieved our goals.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
My favorite spots in the city are downtown SD and Coronado. I love eating at restaurants that have a killer view of either the skyline or of the bay / beach. There’s so many great places in Coronado and downtown SD that have that view it’s hard to pick. I like to fly planes so I also take my prop plane out of Gillespie Field in El Cajon and fly around San Diego. Starting in El Cajon, I love going toward mission / pacific beach. Sometimes I’ll go to Catalina Island. Grew up in San Diego and I plan on staying here. I love it!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would shoutout Robert Kiyosaki and Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It was the muse for starting this whole company, and I’d like to thank him for his non-standardized educational approach to Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I’d also shoutout my late great father, Wayne Comfort, for being so receptive to that. He was an early believer in this concept and I was at the perfect age early on where I could adopt that belief system as well. That was a huge blessing to have such a supportive father who became my partner in crime chasing mobile home park deals.

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