Unfortunately, that is an expensive time-consuming process.

That means it takes forever to pay off the mortgage meaning you're paying a mountain of interest. 

I think broader consumer taste is killing malls, which includes online shopping, but also even where people are choosing to live and how they are spending their time/money, more broadly.I worked for a company that bought a failing mall back in 2012 (online shopping was "killing retail" then too), redeveloped most of it into more open air power center and sold.  

We've averaged around 7% for mortgage rates for the past two years now…I think if we can see a settling somewhere in the 6% range, if not sub 6%, we will see nice consumer confidence not only for home values, but rent values as well.

remember, these are NOT conforming loans, so all the consumer protections one might be used to having aren't there.

Very time consuming of course.  

There was an article published in Sept 2024 that showed the average consumer would save over $10,000 by working with a broker vs a direct lender over the life of their loan.

What does one do with the profits from the real estate business every year to defer the taxes for ever?

Mom and pop keeping the MHP forever and passing it onto their heirs who keep rents artificially low forever.

Perhaps I'll try to acquire around 3 properties in cash deals that need fixing up, rent them out, and then hold onto them... forever?