My wife and I were planning on funding an emergency fund to cover unexpected maintenance and vacancies, but were hoping to keep that money and finance the property with a 100% or 95% loan.

., guesses) about several different components is unlikely to be more accurate than just using one overall number.

These are interesting, because his process will be to check all of the basic components of the house, from the roof to the foundation and everything in between.

Personally (and I think a lot of people here would agree), a return like that isn't worth the effort of having to manage the property (you could get a slightly smaller return from a savings account), and the big risk is if you have any deferred maintenance or unexpected expenses, at which point you could easily go cash flow negative.While I've seen a lot worse deals asked about on this forum, this one isn't particularly great...especially in this market where great deals are available on every corner.

The radio provides excellent branding (recognition and continual reinforcement that you are the expert)...the online component makes contact easier when potential customer is ready to pull the trigger.But the message has to be good..why choose you over the others?

For every item I knew needed to be fixed or replaced, 4 more unexpected items turned up.

If you're talking $1million, then I think you should absolutely have a significant RE component.

Buying , Fixing, and Selling, 4 month time frame, (I hope)I am not a handyman, so estimating repair cost is a reach.A poster on this site suggested to use the $5K rule to estimate repair cost5k to fix/update any major house component.

However, most mobile home parks should have a business value component that should not be taxed as property tax.

Appreciation OK, so I cheated, but the point is if you have these key components going for you, your portfolio will grow and so will your profitability.