The most important number is the ARV because it is the largest number and repair cost is also important. 

There is also the distinction between passive custodians such as listed on the nuwireinvestor page referenced and advisory firms that implement and support plans offering checkbook control.I strongly applaud your desire to have the IRA piece figured out before pursuing opportunities, as that is critical to your investing success as well as IRS compliance.Check out a handful of companies, both on the passive custodian and checkbook control side of the equation.  

I can see how a high application fee can be perceived as a waste of money to applicants if the property manager accepts multiple applications and would simply provide additional income to the property manager or Realtor handling the transaction.In an ideal world, you would want to have all of the information for all applicants immediately and at little or no cost to the applicant in order to have the largest pool of applicants to choose from.To do this, I usually will just check public records and also for proof of income.  

I love old landlords and have purchased my two largest and most favorite apt bldgs from 2 different ones.

Essentially what happened was one of the largest independent publishing companies in the world found my music online and had me on TV within a day! 

The largest RE Investor group in NH is NHREIA.com in Manchester, and they don't usually have events about MHP or MH investing. 

I was the largest HML in MS for many years know that state pretty well.and all my best rentals are there..

Any properties that you want to put under the loan has to be put into a separate/distinct entity that you only put these properties under.

In the discussion that ensued he laid out property condition spectrum with three distinct points of reference: Fully Performing; Value Add and Rehibilitation Condition.  

The key distinction is the bank, since it makes it's own guidelines can waiver from those with more autonomy.