Hold 1 year of required expenses in an emergency savings account to include: rent, utilities, vehicle fuel, food, insurances, IRA mandated contributions (if you have any) plus anything else.2.

It is illegal to smoke in a vehicle, and some public events, when minor children are present.I once was a smoker, so I know both how stupid it is to do and how hard it is to quit.

Going through him means a small sacrifice on returns, far was a conscious decision on my part to build a relationship to see if he might be a vehicle to bring me third-party notes {he claims he deals with a small, but steady stream}.  

We have been in this position before and have been advised by a trusted corporate lawyer to set up this structure as a multi layer protection vehicle. 

It's a $5,500 vehicle loan amount from my previous divorce.

We assumed it's the same stuff they use in vehicles to protect against the direct sunlight until they installed curtains :)

FHA will not insure a mortgage if FHA concludes that the transaction was designed to use FHA mortgage insurance as a vehicle for obtaining investment properties, even if the property to be encumbered will be the only one owned using FHA mortgage insurance."

BP is an amazing vehicle for self education and apparently networking.

Like Matt said above, running comps would not do you much good on these as older mobile homes do not hold much value in terms of equity, but can be a great vehicle for cash flow.

Since it's a spec house we don't know if it'll need to fit small cars or Suburbans.20' deep seems tight to walk around with a fullsize SUV or pickup but since it's detached there's no issue with walking around the vehicle to get inside, just walk out the garage door or side man door.