But it wa a decent gig for people until a year or two ago.

From what I could tell, only 2 people worked there and if something happened over a weekend, you wouldn't get a response until Monday.  

I know some people use TransUnion SmartMove.

Not going to get into a discussion about people being able to do what they want in their house but in PA, recreational use is still illegal. 

If you don't have any connections here, find people that are investors here and reach out to them for a referral (whether on here or FB).

Technically, Conventional allows 15% down but you end up incurring a hefty hit to your rate/points options when you put down less than 20%, which makes causes most people opt to put 20% down.

Hi Eric....STR can be tough in DFW area, but some people still doing well, while many are bailing, seeing if they can turn them to MTR or even LTR. 

(Many people just assume it'll be fully tax-free because they lived in it somewhere)

Lots of people who have trailers don't own the property they are on and sell them.As for the owner of the land expecting tenants to do repairs-there shouldn't be many repairs required to the land, just the trailer that is on it (which your grandmother owns and should be responsible for maintaining). 

An umbrella has nothing to do with those circumstances.I think some people hear umbrella and assume it's some sort of magical insurance that will protect them if anything goes wrong.