Hey Michael,What market do you live in and why are you looking in Cleveland? 

In New Hampshire, title laws are strict, so we couldn’t move forward without obtaining a signature from a living heir.The title company dug deep and eventually located a distant relative—a niece of the deceased owner, two generations removed.

It's not a bad strategy, especially if you live in a lower-priced area with a good rent-to-purchase price ratio.

Smaller SFH = less maintenance , there are lots of single looking for a place to live .

Quote from @Derek Farmer: Hello all,I am 25 years old living in Indianapolis Indiana. 

Perhaps you could also purchase a duplex, for example, and use personal funds for the portion that you can live in and 1031 funds for the investment portion.

.: @Edward Toomey V and @Tyson Jones What I like about RentRedi is that they have a live webinar regularly.

My girlfiend and I are looking in La Grange and Brookfield which is not quite as fast west as you, but my aunt lives in Wheaton so I am quite familiar with your area.What's your game plan over the next two years? 

No, not places you heard people want to live, or were told, or think, no-no-no, where you KNOW people want to live. 

I have a vision of building and developing mobile home communities in upstate NY that are vertically integrated to allow future members to choose from a catalog of homes, have them installed, provide them with financing options, and make the process of selecting, buying, and living in the community very smooth.Since this is my first time doing this, I would love to chat with an experienced mobile home developer on the following items:Zoning - navigating the zoning process to allow the community to be allowedStart up costs - I am a finance person who would love to better understand start up costs - septic / electrical / water / pads / roads / etcOn Going Maint Costs - in building our business case, I want to build a conservative financial model to capture all re-occurring expenses - utilities, landscaping, capex, septic clean out, etc.I know this is a lot, but would greatly appreciate talking to someone who is an expert in this asset class!