Thinking about what comes next for the place you built? Start with a confidential conversation — no pressure, no public listing, and no obligation to sell.
What We Buy
Owner-operated properties, anywhere in the country. If yours has been run by family for years, you're exactly who we built this page for.
Not sure you fit? Ask anyway — we'll tell you honestly if we're not the buyer, and point you the right direction if we can.
Your Two Paths
Both paths are legitimate. Here's the honest side-by-side, so you can decide with your eyes open.
| Sell direct to Willowvest | List with a broker | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission | None — there's no broker in the middle | Typically 5–8% on RV parks and 4–6% on self-storage |
| Who finds out | Nobody, unless you tell them. No public listing, and financials are shared in stages, under confidentiality | The listing is public — staff, guests, and tenants can see it |
| Repairs first | No — we talk about the property as it sits | Often yes — brokers usually want it showing its best |
| Timeline | Yours. Close after the season, or sooner — you pick the date | The market's. A listing can sit for months before the right buyer appears |
| Seller financing | Possible — we can structure a seller note if that serves you better | Uncommon — most listed sales are cash-at-close through a lender |
How It Works
No appraisal, no financial statements, and no commitment are needed to start. Information is shared in stages, only as trust builds.
Fill in the short form above or call. City and state is enough — about two minutes, and nothing goes public.
We talk through what you've built and what you want next. If it's a fit, we put a written offer in front of you — and explain exactly how we got to the number.
Close after the season if you prefer. We're glad to help with the handover, including personally introducing the new ownership to long-term residents and tenants when the time is right.
Flexible Terms
A cash sale isn't the only shape a deal can take. If you carry a note, you can receive steady monthly income in retirement — and a seller-financed sale will often support a stronger total price and a faster, smoother closing.
On the tax side: an installment sale (Internal Revenue Code §453) generally lets a seller recognise the gain as payments are received, rather than all in the year of sale. The details matter — interest is taxed as ordinary income, and depreciation recapture is generally recognised up front — so this is a conversation for your CPA. We can't give tax advice, and we won't promise a tax outcome.
Who Reaches Out
None of these make you a "motivated seller" to us. They make you someone who built something real and is thinking carefully about its next owner — which is exactly the conversation we want to have.
About Willowvest
We're a small, private buyer building a long-term portfolio of RV parks and self-storage facilities. We're not a REIT and we're not a brokerage — when you call, you talk to us, and the people you talk to are the people who buy.
We know a park or a facility is more than a business to the family that built it — it's a retirement plan, a legacy, and years of work. So we buy the way we'd want to be bought from: straight answers, written offers, your own attorney and CPA encouraged, and care for the residents, tenants, and staff who'll still be there after closing.
Brokers: bring us a property that fits the buy box above. Your commission is protected — agreed in writing up front and honoured at close. Use the same form and pick I'm a broker.
Questions Owners Ask
Straight answers to the objections that actually come up.
No. Nothing is listed, posted, or shared. The conversation stays between you and us unless you decide otherwise.
Not from us. Financial details are shared in stages, and we're happy to work under a confidentiality agreement before anything sensitive changes hands. Most owners tell their people when closing is near — and often introduce the new owner personally. We'll follow your lead on timing.
No. We talk about the property as it sits. Deferred maintenance is part of the conversation, not a reason to end it.
That's common, and it's fine. An existing loan doesn't stop a conversation — it just becomes one of the numbers we work through together.
Yes to both. You pick the closing date, and a transition period — where you show us the ropes and introduce us to long-term residents and tenants — is something we welcome.
It's optional, always. If you choose it, you carry a note and receive payments over time instead of one lump sum, which may spread the taxable gain across years (an installment sale under IRC §453). Your CPA should weigh in before you decide — we can't give tax advice.
They stay. We're buying a going concern, not clearing a site — the residents, guests, and tenants who make the property work are part of what makes it valuable, and treating them well is part of how we operate.
We review it the day it arrives and call you back — usually within one business day. That first call is a conversation, not a pitch: if we're not the right buyer, we'll say so plainly.
Start with a confidential, no-obligation conversation. Two minutes on the form, or one phone call — either way, you talk to the buyers themselves.
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