However if you want to be the dominant force and the go to mobile home guy in your area this will take a concentrated effort, a serious plan, and daily effort.I hope this was helpful and not too confusing.

I would not concentrate on the $500.00 no matter what if I knew I was making a good profit on the deal.

It's just frustrating because I've put so much time and effort into learning MF and in the end I may have to find a different place to concentrate my efforts. 

I think you will be able to track your results better if you just concentrate on 1 area that you know what the traffic flow is like.If you need a visual tool Traffic.com can help with your planning.Assuming you are wholesaling (I hate to assume), do you have a dialogue to say to sellers if and when you get a phone call from one of your signs?

We have attended tax foreclosure sale in Durham and plan to concentrate on pre- and current foreclosures.  

There is alot of opportunity there, and very concentrated on hot spots that will grow very quickly.  

That's why you should always concentrate on getting listings because that's where the money is.

. - It does indeed help, I don't think I'll be looking into the Seattle core markets any time soon, my concentration will lie more towards the south iniitally, in the Kent, Renton, Des Moines, and Burien areas.

It was poorly written and was a convenient talking point about all the evil investors buying up property and turning the city into slums.The reality is that the worst effected areas, as the study you just citied is going to show, are concentrated and have been in decline for decades.  

People buy due to life events, understand why they buy or sell and concentrate on those folks.Ask people, even strangers, say, you know anyone wanting to buy or sell a home?