If these homes were such great investments, they would keep them for their own portfolio.When you purchase an investment, calculate your returns based on actual performance.

https://www.torooakpoint.com/   They call them mobile homes, they look like mobile homes, but they're stick built on slab. 

My Ex-wife currently lives in my fathers home.

He is based in Indianapolis and works with a ton of OOS investors.

We sold our (primary) home recently.

Even the nicer homes don't rent for over $2,750 a month there.

We're willing to live almost anywhere in the greater Sacramento area based on what we can afford, provided of course that the property is in a decent neighborhood that has a good chance of attracting responsible tenants.As for budget, I believe we could get a conventional loan for properties up to $600k, but my strong preference is to find a distressed property (or seller!)

For example if a single family home rents for $1700 in your area.

I personally invest in the North Dallas area (Prosper/Celina) where there is lots of growth in homes with nice lots.

Note: We do 50+ investment property loans a month and the most important thing I tell BUYERS of properties being sold as or soon to be STR is make sure you are paying the market price per square foot and do NOT buy based on income approach/CAP rate.