;however, my issue is that I dont have good credit and since im self employed I make.very little income. 

Even in towns where they desperately need affordable house if, they can’t get over the stigma of MHPs.The other issue you’ll run into is highest and best use.

Of course when doing the 1031 exchange your basis will carry forward into your replacement property.Where you have a potential issue is establishing your intent to hold those properties but immediately selling one or more them as soon as you have them ready. 

And my #1 issue is I don't see any actions to address this in a meaningful, market specific manner. 

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

Had an issue with trying to self-permit a build a few years back that was an HPR but had an "A" and "B" designation.

He was more expensive because now I gotta pay someone else to fix it.But here's the other side of the license issue.

Our average construction time is about 8 months after permit is issued and we are always improving.

One of the issues I have noticed is that some people think of a flip house as being the cheapest possible rehab. 

It was high rent, low entry point area but within 6 months I dealt with an eviction and electrical issues.