Since you've stayed there and the lot is open, I see the lure, but any time I see something like this - "This is a pure emotional type of investment and I want to honor it."

Or am I just slapping you with pure facts, common sense, and logic?

Stop with the guru sites, the videos, all that nonsense is pure crap designed to drive the lazy into highly risky investments or investment schemes that will surely see you make a little or lose a lot. 

And people start seeing you everywhere providing pure value.Remember this is something you SHOULD do regardless.

If you're curious - read it here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1221700-rant-...In closing: The dangers of shifting the timing (of your income, expenses, and business transactions.)A purely mathematical exercise may indicate some beneficial timing for this or that.

And there’s no catalytic economic drivers for those areas.Don’t do it unless you are doing it just for fun and pure speculation.  

Purchase price: $350,000 Cash invested: $40,000 The OG, my pride and joy.

How are folks navigating 1031 and high financing rates vs taking capital gains hit and having pure cash on hand to redeploy elsewhere (in my case, rebuilding on my primary residence)?

You can look at a mobile home and see it as an easy rental with new carpet, trim and some paint but there are other bigger uglier expenses that can come up.Roof Replacement, soft floors (water damage) in kitchens and bathrooms- most floors are particle board, exterior door replacement (special order), underbelly insulation falling, bad hot water tanks with rotten floor underneath (real joy), bad windows (water again), bad bloated siding (water), water damaged base frame around perimeter of home, cracked tubs (special orders) and frozen pipes (Good luck finding a plumber to come work on a mobile home- they do not exist). 

My cash flow calculation is based on accurate and ideally conservative underwriting that includes all expenses including maintenance/cap ex, vacancy, PITI, book keeping, asset protection, misc.I would never bother with a unit for pure investment that was projecting anywhere near as little as $300/month total return.