While true that cash flow is widely considered the end-all-be-all on BP, I'll argue the reason is that due to most people's education level, an appreciation play IS gambling.

Hardwood requires a nailing surface and I doubt joists are sufficient.In attics, I've seen wide pine boards used as the flooring with no subfloor.  

I can defend the numbers of it, the deal is beyond good numbers wide, but I can't get my wife on board. 

The two franchises are nation wide but I would only be operating in my metropolitan area.

I'm going to look at a 2014 single wide with 3 beds and 2 baths on a little over an acre to purchase/wholesale.

I knew nothing whatsoever about buying a house, but this place was a white elephant oddity...bottom floor concrete block, upper floor double wide modular..on a flag pole lot, with no landscaping whatsoever, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, bad subflooring,  one bedroom had been "converted" to a ...spa? 

Looks like you're casting a pretty wide net; where are you mainly based out of?

I think you are casting too wide of a net.

Not sure if the MLS systems are organized regionally or are state-wide database?  

I found that they didn’t put 2 lag bolts into studs for the barn door, and found that the door was not wide enough to actually create privacy.