I don't know your living situation but if your paying x,xxx for rent or a mortgage and instead by living in one side and renting out the other you will be paying y,yyy instead and y is less then x that's great, especially if you can rent out your primary residence and make income there too. 

Look for safe accounts that pay good interest or dividends to grow your security.

If you allow service dog, you sure need to pay a deposit , application fee and monthly pet rent correct?

We had an accounting system once that necessitated doing this - not ideal, but it keeps the assets and liabilities straight and AP is just an accrual until you pay the bill.

Remember, someone else is paying off a chunk of that asset.

One question that you may not want to post here for legal reasons, is how much are you paying your PMC?

I knew that was not true because I had paid $780 a couple months before on a property in the same area and also my realtor told me that her clients had been paying that lower rate.

Might make sense to pay the taxes and invest in something overseas...$.02

(It doesn’t pay its own taxes.

There are a lot of rules when it comes to buying a MH and if one thing is wrong the lender will deny the loan.Mostly pay attention to year built try and stay away from Mobile homes that are older than 20 years.