Plus, maybe up to half of the wood of the walkway is still in usable shape (other than the horrible layers of cheap paint).

His communication is horrible and he suspiciously asks for lots of money upfront.

And no tenant with horrible credit is going to say "sure, you have my permission to run my credit again."  

Depending on your credit (you're so young, it hasn't had time to build yet), the rate may be horrible, but work that into your numbers and plan for it.  

The name is horrible.

Taking my hard earned cash (which I can do more than a million other things with) and making a substantial down payment and then getting less cash flow every month while I take all the risk is not just bad advice, it is down right horrible advice.

@Tavaris Little$8k for a mobile home in the upstate could be anything from a great deal to a horribly over priced rip off.The devil is in the details.That said I am an investor in SC and have a few mobile homes and not afraid of adding more.

It was managed by a local property management firm and it did horribly.

It’s all risk vs return, the $250k/house suburbs are super easy to rent but are a complete non-started and the $10k houses make money on paper like you are starring in Breaking Bad (but the actual returns are horrible). 

That is a horrible idea.