The sandbags also concerned me and I would be looking in other parts of town for sure.

11 mobile home pads plus one SFH.10 pads are occupied, plus the house currently generating $4850/m in lot rent & house rent.

Lawton definitely has its reputation, and you're right about the single-industry concern and the high crime perception, which makes it counterintuitive for many investors.

A bigger concern is someone who clearly fits the rules as they are written and intentionally acts in good faith, only to have the IRS comb through their time logs and arbitrarily finds some of those time entries invalid and/or inflated.

I will piggy back on the sellers project when he mobilizes a crew to do utility install and road work for his next phase, I will have them continue to my cul de sack. thanks!

The negative cash flow of your RE gives me no concern.  

If your concern is liability, what I did was get an umbrella insurance policy on the properties I house hacked under my name.

. :)As I comp my 3/2.5 primary residence on FurnishedFinder and Airbnb, I saw a lot of availability around White Rock Lake, which does concern me somewhat as I would need to cover the first mortgage with rental income.  

Land trusts can be an ideal choice in Florida, especially when working to shield properties and address Due on Sale (DOS) clause concerns effectively.

It's a good concern.