Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

As both an investor and a mortgage broker who has personally used both options, I can say there are benefits to each.It ultimately comes down to comparing the two side by side based on your specific situation.

I've lived and worked in China and at one time had quite a few Chinese nationals as investor clients in my Florida based firm. 

The answer is based on your goals.Short-term goals are tough. 

$540 is not unreasonable for a home of that size and the items you mention.

The risk increases the further you go from home, so I'd just stay home if I were you.

Quote from @Fred Scott: Sunrise Capital Investors - Mobile Home Park Investment FundI've seen a few posts about them here but none of them actually talks about what the actual annual returns have been.They are advertising heavily for passive tax deductions which is fine but what are the actual returns over a period of (say) five or ten years?

You can refinance mobile home parks?

Does anyone have experience with Ivory Home’s predesigned materials packages?

I want to use my current home and do a HELOC.