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Three Pillar Communities Sells North California MHC

Three Pillar Communities Sells North California MHC

by Daniel Weisfield | Dec 2, 2022 | Press

The 154-site Foothills Solar Mobile Home Park changed hands for $11.5 million. Foothills Solar Mobile Home Park. Image via Google Street View Three Pillar Communities has sold Foothills Solar Mobile Home Park, a manufactured housing community in Butte Valley,...
Can “mission driven” mobile home park investors raise rents to market and evict problem residents?

Can “mission driven” mobile home park investors raise rents to market and evict problem residents?

by Daniel Weisfield | Dec 2, 2022 | Press

We are a for-profit, mission driven company, operating 40+ mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities in 7 states. We have a two-part mission: to deliver high-value housing that our Residents are proud to call home, and to deliver compelling...
Development in Gallatin County looks to add 260 homes with price that hasn’t been seen in years

Development in Gallatin County looks to add 260 homes with price that hasn’t been seen in years

by Daniel Weisfield | Dec 2, 2022 | Press

Gallatin County Commissioners approved a large development between Bozeman and Belgrade. The homes could cost, and the number is one we haven’t heard of in years. Currently an empty field, but soon there will be around 260 new homes which the developer says is much...
Why Texas Makes Sense for Manufactured Housing Investment

Why Texas Makes Sense for Manufactured Housing Investment

by Daniel Weisfield | Dec 2, 2022 | Press

Three Pillar Communities Principal Daniel Weisfield on business expansion strategies in this increasingly popular sector. Currently in its third generation of acquiring, operating and developing manufactured housing communities, California-based Three Pillar...
Mobile Home Park Case Study: How to Generate a 24% IRR While Revitalizing an Affordable Community

Mobile Home Park Case Study: How to Generate a 24% IRR While Revitalizing an Affordable Community

by Daniel Weisfield | Dec 2, 2022 | Press

Mobile Home Park Case Study: Frontier Urban Village How to Generate a 24% IRR While Revitalizing an Affordable Community 16551 SE 82nd Dr, Clackamas, OR 97015 44 unit mobile home park / 55+ age-restricted community We bought Frontier Urban Village, a 44 unit 55+...
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Jack Walls

Director of Manufactured Home Sales

Jack Walls is a leader in the Manufactured Home Sales industry who has helped more than 500 families move into their dream homes. Prior to joining Three Pillar Communities, Jack was an award-winning home sales manager at KB Homes, and then brought his skills to IPG, a major owner of manufactured housing communities in the Western United States. Jack holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and in his free time is an avid poker player and restaurant foodie who enjoys spending his free time with his wife, daughter, and two dogs. Fun fact: Jack competes in the World Series of Poker.

Ruby Verma

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Ruby Verma brings seven years of Wall Street finance experience to Three Pillar Communities. Ruby oversees property budgeting, quarterly investor reporting, utility expense analysis, and special projects. She previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Duff and Phelps, and Price Waterhouse Coopers, and she holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Boston University. Fun fact: Ruby previously co-founded a dance company. In her free time Ruby loves songwriting, running, vegetarian cooking, and teaching dance classes.

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George Han

VP of Acquisitions

George Han is an expert in real estate finance, valuation, and acquisitions. After honing his real estate valuation skills at Deloitte, George joined the affordable housing group at AIG where he underwrote refinances, dispositions, partner workouts, and portfolio buyouts. In addition, George has managed acquisitions and development at a privately held family office. George holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from UCLA. In his free time George loves cooking, going to the gym, and exploring new hiking trails.

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Jaclyn Rice

Manufactured Home Sales Assistant

Jaclyn Rice supports the Director of Home Sales. She received a bachelor degree in Communication and Business Administration from Coastal Carolina University and has 10 years of experience as an executive assistant for C-suite executives, half of that spent in the Commercial Real Estate industry. Outside of work, Jaclyn enjoys traveling, running half marathons, dragging her husband to Disney, and spending time loving on her dog, Harley.

Mike Skoczylas

Chief Financial Officer

Mike Skoczylas is an attorney and CPA with over 14 years of experience providing finance, tax, and accounting services to corporate clients, real estate investment companies, and high net worth individuals. Mike has worked as an auditor at a Big 4 accounting firm (KPMG), as an attorney at a major law firm, and as tax counsel for a real estate services company. Mike has been recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star for several years. In his free time Mike enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, and is an avid Detroit and Michigan sports fan.

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Jessica Spikes

Office Assistant

Jessica provides support to the team by completing various administrative tasks. She has 10 years of administrative support experience at non-profits, as well as in both the private and public sectors. Jessica holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. In her free time Jessica plays soccer on a recreational women’s team, experiments with making homemade ice cream, and spends time with her two dogs, Diamond and Dottie.

Mary Vaughn

Director of Business Development and Oregon Regional Manager

Mary Vaughn oversees all of the company’s regional managers and community managers, ensuring that we deliver top-quality manufactured housing communities that our residents are proud to call home. Mary has owned and managed mobile home parks, construction companies, and a mortgage company. Give Mary a challenge and she’ll tackle it. Mary holds a B.S. in Accounting from DePaul University. In her free time, Mary loves making jewelry and collecting vintage broaches. She gives back to her community by coaching her granddaughter’s softball team.

Sangita Patel

Senior Property Accountant

Sangita has over 15 years experience in providing accounting services to corporate and non-profit organizations within different industries. She holds a BA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Southbank (UK), and oversees the bookkeeping and managerial accounting process. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, running, reading murder mysteries, traveling and playing board games.

Yoel Kelman

Co-Founder

Yoel is a manufactured housing finance and operations expert. Like Daniel, he comes from a family that immigrated to America with nothing and built wealth through real estate: his grandfather survived the Holocaust, immigrated to the United States, worked as a butcher, and eventually bought single-family home rentals. Yoel holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is a CPA.  Prior to co-founding Three Pillar Communities, Yoel co-founded EcoVent, an energy technology company, and worked in corporate finance at Duff & Phelps. Yoel loves spending time with his family and is renowned for his brisket smoking techniques. Fun fact, he is 6’5” and wears a size 14 shoe.

Daniel Weisfield

Co-Founder

Daniel is a third-generation mobile home park investor, operating more than 40 manufactured housing communities in 7 states and serving over 10,000 residents. His grandfather immigrated to the U.S., saved money by fixing cars in his backyard, and eventually bought a mobile home park. To build on that legacy, Daniel’s professional mission is to turn the “trailer park” stereotype on its head. He believes manufactured housing is the best way to close our country’s housing gap and to create affordable home-ownership opportunities. Daniel holds a JD/MBA from Yale and previously worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a U.S. diplomat at the State Department. When he’s not operating mobile home parks he loves surfing, wilderness conservation, speaking foreign languages badly, and spending quality time with his wife and two young kids.

Mindy Haus

HR and Administration Manager

Mindy Haus wears many hats, including overseeing human resources, training and compliance, payroll, new property onboarding, and general administration. Mindy previously managed operations for several Silicon Valley technology start-ups. Mindy holds a B.A. in early childhood development. When she’s not skiing, hiking, or volunteering in the community with her kids, you might find Mindy beating you mercilessly in a board game.

Ashley Cole

Operations Manager

Ashley Cole is an expert in property operations, RentManager, resident notices, utility billing, and online marketing. Ashley holds an Associates Degree from Seattle Central College. On the weekends you can find Ashley taking road trips to the mountains or exploring new places on the West Coast.

Madison Murphy

California and Arizona Regional Manager

Madison Murphy is a seasoned property management professional with a passion for creating safe, attractive communities that residents are proud to call home. After starting her career as an apartment leasing agent, Madison worked at leading property management companies including Alliance Residential, Greystar, and Equity LifeStyles. Madison holds a degree from Bellevue College. Fun fact: Madison is a former Irish dance champion.

Jim Poutre

Colorado Regional Manager

Jim Poutre is a Colorado native, a seasoned manufactured housing professional, and a true team player. Prior to joining Three Pillar Communities Jim spent half a decade at Strive Communities/RV Horizons, where he supervised manufactured housing communities in three states and oversaw the procurement of used manufactured homes. Earlier in his career Jim developed management and capital projects skills in the telecommunications industry, where he supervised installation and maintenance crews. In his time off, Jim loves nothing more than fly fishing with his two sons and his wife of 21 years. Other passions include wine making, gardening, and working around his hobby farm in Colorado.

Andrea Hernandez

Operations Analyst

Andrea Hernandez supports the property management team by implementing new business processes to facilitate growth. An experienced project manager, Andrea previously supported operations for multiple California technology start-ups. Andrea holds a B.S. in Environmental Geography. In her free time, Andrea enjoys being outside with her dog Lula, going to the gym, visiting new restaurants, and playing video games.

Dean Warhaft

Director of Real Estate Development

Dean Warhaft is an expert at creating new places and new communities. With more than three decades of real estate development experience, Dean has developed everything from single-family subdivisions to skyscrapers. Dean works closely with municipalities to create public-private partnerships, using his unique skill set as a real estate developer, licensed attorney, and licensed professional land surveyor. In his free time Dean loves flying airplanes and competing in Ironman triathlons.

Ethan Slack

Acquisitions Analyst

Ethan Slack studied finance and real estate at Temple University, where he served as a lead equity research analyst for the student-managed investment fund. Before joining Three Pillar Communities, Ethan worked as an asset management intern at GoldOller Real Estate Investments and interned at a technology startup in Jakarta, Indonesia. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, golfing, and trying new places to eat.

May Wong

Director of Finance

May Wong has 15 years of experience in manufactured home community finance and administration, including treasury management, tax preparation, payroll, property insurance, and all other functions that keep our properties running efficiently behind the scenes. May is fondly known as the “heart and soul” of our company. May holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Calgary and previously worked at several technology companies in Silicon Valley. May loves spending quality time with her kids and traveling to Hong Kong. Beware—May is a fearsome competitor in ping pong, badminton and bowling.

Ilona S.

Senior Property Accountant

Ilona S. coordinates accounts payable, accounts receivable, and property bookkeeping. She holds a degree in accounting and has completed coursework in financial accounting, managerial accounting, and tax accounting. When the weather is good she rides her bicycle to our office, and she loves camping with her family in their Volkswagen camper van.

Chary Banan

Property Accountant

Chary Banan supports the team with the daily accounting operations for our mobile home parks. She holds a B.S. in Accountancy and is QuickBooks and Xero Certified. She is also experienced with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as Oracle and SAP. Whenever she has free time she loves traveling in the Philippines with her parents and playing with her dog, Max.

Carmen Iriarte

Property Accountant

Carmen Iriarte is a Certified Web Professional with a background in data analysis, human-centered design and children literature. Her “it’s never too late to learn” attitude and her experience working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams has taken her from supporting organizations building schools and hospitals in her native Peru to connecting databases for startups in the Silicon Valley, helping manufacturers with their online & dealer business operations to the real estate and medical fields with their billing and marketing. She provides support to the accounting team. Carmen has also authored and illustrated a series of four children books available on Amazon. She’s an avid photographer and tennis player, enjoys cooking and spending time in nature either drawing, hiking or mountain biking.

Stephanie Colley

Executive Assistant

Stephanie Colley supports the Co-Founders of the company with all sorts of tasks related to running the company. She has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Washington and previously worked as a relocation accounting analyst for 5 years, supporting the relocation of Microsoft employees around the world. Before working for WGP Stephanie was a stay-at-home mom and active duty military spouse for 13 years. Her husband recently retired and they are settling down into their new life. She is now spending her free time cheering on her son at his soccer games and assistant coaching her daughter’s softball team.