Building an RV Park from scratch under 50k?

DrewE wrote:
You asked for help. My suggestion is to give what advice you can to your friends and then stay out of the business as far as possible, because it unfortunately sounds to me like a scheme doomed and underfunded from the beginning. Marine By Choice has good basic advice: get a plan and make a sensible budget, and get the proper permits, and then proceed. I would suggest talking to some other campground owners in the general area.


What are the legal requirements for wells and septic systems? In Vermont, at least, septic systems generally have to be designed (or at least stamped) by a properly licensed engineer and involve a good bit of costly paperwork. In some cases, particularly for commercial or large-scale systems, the actual installation must be observed by a state engineer, at the builder's cost. $50k might not be enough to cover septic for a small campground around here, though I have not priced such services to really have any idea (and much less priced them in Texas).

Thank you, I kind of agree. I'm still hoping someone has a clever way of figuring this out so i can help before it tanks...