Tropical Harbor Estates: mobile home park in Lake Placid, Florida
Unofficial page — independent directory built from the Florida state registry, updated July 2026.
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A 449-space mobile home park in Lake Placid, FL. The park runs its own regulated water system, so it — not a city utility — supplies and is accountable for the water at each lot.
This mobile home park carries 449 spaces on the registry, without a vacancy count to say how full it runs. Internet is a strength around here: about 100% of homes in town can get 100/20 Mbps service.
- Size
- 449 spaces · 3th largest of 65 in Highlands County (median 65)
- Size vs the state
- Larger than about 95% of Florida's registered parks
- Rent nearby
- 2-bedroom fair market rent $1,271/mo (HUD FY 2026)
- Wildfire risk
- Higher than 91% of U.S. counties (USFS, county-wide)
- Tornadoes
- 49 recorded in Highlands County since 1950, strongest F2 (NOAA)
- Water
- Own public system (well) · EPA FL6280296
- Internet
- 100% of homes at 100/20 Mbps · fiber 1% · gigabit 0%
- Neighborhood
- Median rent $1,063/mo · median income $55,000 · 18% mobile homes
Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Internet and neighborhood figures describe the surrounding town — and the rent benchmark, wildfire rank, and tornado count the wider county — not this park’s own lots. The fair market rent is apartment-style rent (HUD’s area benchmark), not this park’s lot rent. Rent limits are not legal advice.
Worth knowing
This park runs its own regulated public water system (EPA id FL6280296), drawing from its own groundwater well. The system reports serving about 650 residents through 438 service connections.
For residents
- Water billing: if your park submeters water, Florida bills it at the cost of service with the combined service charge capped at 9% (§367.022(9)) — there's no markup on the water itself. Check the math free with the water submeter calculator, or read the Florida water-billing guide.
- Paying rent: ask the park office how they take payment. Parks that run on Lot Sidekick hand residents clear, itemized rent and water bills.
- Thinking about moving here? What to ask a park before you rent a lot, and what lot rent covers and how it goes up.
Common questions
How many spaces does Tropical Harbor Estates have?
Tropical Harbor Estates has 449 total spaces per the Florida park registry (as of July 22, 2026).
Is this Tropical Harbor Estates's official website or phone number?
No. This is Tropical Harbor Estates's page in the Lot Sidekick park directory, built from the state registry. We're independent of the park and can't take messages for it. The park office hasn't added a public contact here yet; if you own the park, claiming the page (free) lets you add one.
Where is Tropical Harbor Estates?
690 Rickert Dr, Lake Placid, Florida 33852, in Highlands County.
How much is lot rent at Tropical Harbor Estates?
Tropical Harbor Estates doesn't publish its lot rent anywhere we could find, and we won't guess at a figure. Call the park office to ask. For scale: HUD's FY 2026 fair market rent for a 2-bedroom rental around Highlands County is $1,271/mo — that's apartment-style rent for the area, and lot rent (the ground under a home you own) usually runs well below it. If you run this park, you can add your real lot rent to this page for free.
How much can lot rent go up at Tropical Harbor Estates?
Florida has no statewide cap on lot rent, but Chapter 723 requires 90 days' written notice (Statute §723.037), and an increase justified by comparable parks must be disclosed — residents can request mediation.
Where does the water at Tropical Harbor Estates come from?
Tropical Harbor Estates operates its own public water system, registered with the EPA as FL6280296. That means the park — not a city utility — supplies and is accountable for the water at each lot. You can look up its monitoring and compliance record by that id in the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System.
Nearby parks in Highlands County
| Park | Distance | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine Village | — | 43 |
| Avon Camp Meeting Trailer Park | — | 10 |
| Avon Park Mobile Home Community | — | 86 |
| Avon Park Village Mobile Home Park | — | 43 |
| Braswell's Heritage Estates | — | 82 |
Park value estimate
The county roll carries no assessed value for this park, so here's a comparison instead. Across 33 assessed parks in Highlands County the median works out to $40,000 per space. At 449 spaces that puts a comparable assessment somewhere around $18M — call it $12M to $29M, which is the middle half of the county's range.
These are county assessments for tax purposes, not a market appraisal and not an asking price. A park's real value turns on its rent roll, its expenses and its utilities — none of which are in a public record.
Free tools
- Park value & profitability estimator: what a 449-space park earns and what it's worth, at the cap rate you pick.
- Rent increase calculator: the 2026 Florida cap applied to a 449-space park.
- RUBS calculator: split one master-meter water bill across 449 lots so the pennies add up exactly.
- Water submeter calculator: two meter reads in, an at-cost tenant bill out.
- Notice generator: a clean, printable rent-increase notice with the dates filled in.
- Rent receipt generator: a printable receipt for a cash, check, or money-order payment — two copies to a sheet.
- Prorated rent calculator: the exact first-month charge when someone moves in mid-cycle.
Registry record
| State registry ID | PRMZ000790 |
|---|---|
| Registered with | The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation |
| Listed as | TROPICAL HARBOR ESTATES |
Data from official state registry that may be out of date.
Source: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation mobile home park registrations (myfloridalicense.com), as of July 22, 2026. Counts come from the state's registry and can lag real life. See something out of date? Tell us, or claim the page.
https://lotsidekick.com/parks/florida/highlands/tropical-harbor-estates