Building an RV Park from scratch under 50k?

monkey44 wrote:
First piece of advice - IF they insist after all this advice, DO NOT put sewer to each site. Make one septic and a dump.

I know, folks want permanent - use portable tanks. If these folks want back to the land, then a portable dump tank will at least limit the septic cost - which for commercial size will be very expensive.

I was a building contractor for a lot of years - I think the only thing your friends will get with this fifty grand is a good education in lost investment.

A central dump would save the cost of piping, but to be legal, it would still have to be engineered for the flows that are attributable to 15 RV sites. It would have the benefit that if it was located correctly, it would increase the value of the land when someone buys it for what it is currently intended and properly zoned for, an actual home. They might get 30 cents on the dollar returned, if the property is sold traditionally, and not in a foreclosure sale, which sounds like a very real possibility. It sure appears this train is going to wreck, I sure hope the OP will stick around so I can watch it, ambulance chaser that I am.