The advice should not be followed by anyone on planet Earth or elsewhere. 

BTW, the earth Really is round, no matter how many flat earthers say it isn’t. 

Over time, its age (50+ years), the weight of trucks running above it, and earth movement, caused it to fail.  

I’m starting to think the coolest people on earth are real estate investors.

You can find the most down to earth communication between members.

Use google earth, etc. 

Also, the more detail you have per owner, the better, so that you may segment your data and create more detailed marketing pieces.There are about 700 MSA’s in the USACall the state’s manufactured housing association to get a feel for the state’s landlord tenant lawsWichita, Kansas is overbuilt with MHPs and is highly competitive with large operators90: Building a MHP DatabaseStart with a list of the mobile home parks in your target cities/MSA via MHvillage(dot)com Communities >> (don’t click on “showcase communities” as they are ads)Plot the communities in Google Earth (have a VA do this if possible)Do a visual scan of the area to identify other nearby parksUse Parlay 2.0 to overlay and get parcel data for each parkUse secstates(dot)com to get the owner’s name if the park is owned by an entityUse a US based skip tracer to get owner’s contact info and mail or call them!

But why on earth would a seller who is free and clear also be in distress in a red-hot real estate market?

it sounds like that is the case. it also sounds like you plan to slowly bring rents to market over multiple years. if you have the cash to supplement your tenants rent for several years, this is not an earth shattering idea. however, you are leaving money on the table by raising rents slowly. the faster you get to market, the better off you are. your tenants know what market is, and you should be ok to get really close to it without anyone leaving.

Part of me feels that my BP education teaches me how to build wealth on earth, but I am on Mars.CA is also not very landlord-friendly.