Hello, bro, this Jake Sending.

I hope to Jake Gino podcast, who with my co-hosts, a multifamily mentor, the coach,

chef, the father, six, the best line author, The G-daddy.

Gino Barberin, how's it going?

Jake, I'm doing good, brother.

How you doing?

A little rumbling, bumbling, stumbling there.

Always making it happen, big man.

Today's guest is a mobile home expert, affordable housing advocate, and developer.

A lot going on there.

You know, sometimes it's more segmented.

He is dedicated to create creating affordable housing through mobile

home parks, which he believes offers untapped potential for in growth opportunities and financial

stability for families. So without further ado, Franco Perez, welcome the show. Thanks for having me,

guys. Pleasure to be here. So Gino really wants to know the origin story and how you got into mobile home parks because he's, you know, I'm asking for him, but that's a Gino question there.

Yeah, sure. I guess long story short, I did immigrate here from the Philippines at a young age, or at about 11 or 12 years old, grew up here, moved around a lot within California,

with immigrant parents. And then at about 17, 18 years old, I had a weird family situation

where my parents split. My dad was a main breadwinner. He left us. And I just immediately

had to start working two jobs just to support my single mother

and my younger sister. And I remember that vividly because we were working, we were both working

two jobs and barely keeping up with rent. And that was such a hard time for us. We were even

collecting cans after. And at the end of every month,

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