Guides
Buy your car condo with better information.
Every serious buying question, answered with the figures, specifications and limitations that matter. Where an answer depends on your circumstances, we say so plainly.
Money
Know every ownership cost before you choose a unit.
What a motor condo actually costs in Southwest Florida.
The price, the carrying costs and the value behind every dollar.
3 min read
What the $1,000 / quarter HOA fee pays for.
A line-by-line breakdown of the $1,000 / quarter association fee.
3 min read
How people actually pay for a motor condo.
A plain explanation of commercial mortgage and cash paths to buying a motor condo, and why residential lenders decline these outright.
3 min read
Who insures what, in plain terms.
How Flood Zone X and a documented wind rating affect your options.
4 min read
The building and the season
Understand the structure, the season and the protection your vehicles deserve.
Concrete or metal: which one holds up in a hurricane?
An engineer's answer to the most-asked question on every boating and car forum: concrete or metal, and why openings usually fail before the structure does.
6 min read
Storing an RV through hurricane season, on a real timeline
The Atlantic season runs June through November. Here is a real decision timeline for a 40-foot coach, not a brochure.
5 min read
Can you live in a motor condo? No.
The straight answer, up front: no. Here is what the second floor is actually built for instead.
3 min read
Inside a finished car condo: what every unit includes.
The ceiling, the second floor, the door, the power, the air conditioning and the bathroom: what you get on day one, unit by unit.
3 min read
Deciding
Compare without guesswork and buy only when the answers hold up.
What is a motor condominium?
The definition, the ownership structure, the specification, and the part most marketing avoids, what you are not permitted to do inside one.
4 min read
Motor condo vs. self-storage, dry stack, an RV lot and a bigger garage.
Six ways to keep a vehicle, compared measure by measure, including when a self-storage unit is simply the right answer.
5 min read
Is a motor condominium a good investment?
The honest version: real upside in a growing category, and a risks section as long as the pitch, resale, assessments, supply and insurance included.
4 min read
Fifteen questions to ask any motor condo developer before you buy.
Fifteen questions to take to every developer you're considering, ours included, printable, with our answers where the facts allow.
4 min read