Oklahoma run today, loading at noon.
The paperwork for the SBA loan is the headache I figured it would be. So much information I will have to come up with, well beyond anything I had to do for the land loan.
But, however long it takes to come up with all of this - quite a while I'm guessing - I think it will be worth it to at least try to get one of these loans. Otherwise I'm going to be short on the cash necessary to build the park and I will have to take out personal loans at much higher interest rate and subsequent higher payments.
I'm going to get estimates for the whole, fell swoop done all at once. That will include a medium sized swimming pool with jacuzzi, fencing and bathroom at the pool. Whether I get that or not is unknown, but it's something I have identified that would appeal to many more RV'ers, especially during the summer months when it's hot outside and not much to do without burning up.
It will also include a 4-room bath house quote - absolutely necessary, a small structure for washer/dryer set up, a small office, don't really need anything giant, digging out a pond in the back, the land clearing, lot set up and gravel, a dog park, small playground, all the picnic tables and fire rings, possibly cement patios, electric, water and septic install and whatever else I'm not remembering. I'm thinking of going 80 lots instead of 60 to be able to pay for all of this stuff. If it has a swimming pool I can expect the place to be 80% full much of the time. Yes, that's much more money than I initially was thinking, but if I'm going to go for it, I might as well go for it all.
The man at the SBA center can tell me what is realistic and what is not after he sees what I have come up with. Right off the bat, I need to get a design company to produce a blue print for the park, something I didn't want to do because it probably is fairly pricey, but now I have no choice.
This is what I will be working on for quite a while, unless something else pops up that can finance it without having to go through all of that.
Regardless, it's almost time to leave. Trucking will be, unfortunately for me, a thing that I will still have to do for some time to come.
G'day.
