One of the largest U.S. manufacturers of mobile homes is located in my area so there is a decent amount of them around.

So I made some calls and contacted the store manager at a local lowes as they seem to have the largest supplies and asked them to find me scratch and dents/ repaired or discontinued appliances.

That's where I like to place myself.As for the investor: if he really is the owner of the largest REI club in a So Cal county, then we would know who he is.

HOWEVER, most FHLMC/FMNA / SECONDARY MARKET institutional lenders require that the originator have the NMLS endorsement for ANY 1-4 family loan, whether or not the loan is for consumer purposes, so many people think that is the law, which it's not.I believe that 90% of the people in the lending industry aren't aware of this distinction.

It is a subtle but important distinction.

Called an L3C, it is an entity distinct from an LLC.

We had had experience with the largest in the area through another family member, and the others didn't appear to be any better quality.

Private lenders are in it for the largest amount of profit they can make.

The largest coin-op guy up here gets 70%.

The reason I wanted to have the property in the LLC name was mainly so that the rent check would be to the LLC as opposed to my personal name for privacy and business distinction purposes.