Currently in the planning stages, focusing on efficient renovations so we stay on schedule. 

I just feel much more comfortable with it being proximal enough to make a quick trip, say once a quarter as needed.Caution with the statement: "acquiring a park is hard, management is easy." 

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I’ll start by reviewing the resources you shared and make it a priority to stay on top of the legal aspects regularly.

People have done loans subject to but the original borrower stays on the loan and it could be at risk to be called once a deed is transferred

Did you get a line item list of what was done or did he just tell you this is what you owe boss get out that checkbook.I hope you get this worked out to a comfortable price because that's an awful big number to just jump up and bite your checkbook - that's an awful lot of Mc'Donald's cheeseburgers. 

Any advice for that would be appreciatedThe only advice is to stay away from MFs.

I looked at OKC a bit but I'm just not sure the demand for STR's there is sufficient.I'm looking to get a property with short term stays, 7 days or less.

If you are with a cloud brokerage like eXp or Real, you can just move and stay under their umbrella with a new state broker after you complete whatever Illinois needs for reciprocity.If they don't have a TC team, you will need to complete and upload all of the paperwork, but they should have compliance videos for you to do.

The more comfortable you need to live, the worse the numbers will be.