If you are trying to come up with a way to finagle the occupancy requirements while using an amazing loan (that you earned based on your service) like a VA, I would say you are starting off on the wrong foot.

County earned $75 grand on that one.

Eventually people die off and the homes go up for sale cheap, get abandoned and the park owner picks em up cheap and takes in the extra little bit of cash for the POH rental. 

The workshop shows how SDIRA owners can earn double-digit returns by owning real estate as a bank. 

If it’s a must-have, it might be worth the extra time in your schedule.

Just make sure that anything that earn for this settlement is not subject to tax and if it is - allocate properly. 

I may explain that while I’d like to buy/finance/invest in his property, I need to earn a certain return on my invested capital for the given amount of risk, and if not able to earn the return on the subject deal than I will on the next deal.  

If so, are your amenities worth the extra price?

(Side note:  I'm not happy that I know any of this...hard earned lessons of real estate investing). 

Living in one unit and renting out the others could offset a significant portion of your mortgage, giving you extra breathing room as the sole income earner.