It seems you and your husband have the ability to make a property more desirable and I would try to stay local for the same reasons you listed. 

If the desired zoning is next to your property, it is easier to get rezoned. 

Many desirable neighborhoods that offer a consistent predictable return on investment.  

We have one other mobile home park and this property will determine my desire to buy more or sell.

If there is more demand than supply, this will be the outcome in desirable areas. 

At the national level, it's the best of the worst in that industry - a lot left to be desired in the customer service department but still better than doing it on your own.

One problem may not be feasible to fix, and the other is easy to fix.Does the apartment complex have a unique feature that makes it more desirable? 

I suspect a very large percentage of them will desire to stay coastal. 

If you buy upscale (desirable) properties in desirable areas as opposed to affordable (undesirable) crapboxes in undesirable areas you won’t need to entice tenants.

Hello, it is a owner passed and child wants out because they are absentee, no section 8 and the tenants have lived there already for long time 13, 6, and 4 years with no desire to leave as long as I can keep the rent same or close to same and they are willing to sign 3 year leases.I have looked at single family houses and have not found a deal that compares.