In this day and age of technology you won't see much success with postcards and letters.

How difficult is this since it's a mobile home and not a house?

Why is it with all the technology we have, does buying a property at a distance still require archaic processes?

These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.Or, as Ben Franklin famously quipped:“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.Neither these guys could have foreseen the efficiency with which technology could be wielded by corporations, government and the technocratic elite to control society.

It is great to be a provider of safe, affordable housing, but doing so also comes with difficulties.

If you value resource conservation like I do, this pro outweighs the management difficulties. 

yes good in theory  very difficult and risky in practice.. on BP you basically only hear the good news  LOL.. not man people post like you have on the risks and difficulty.

For the week ending September 16, 30-year mortgage rates were down slightly at 2.86%.From January 1 to September 19, home tours were up 11%, compared to a 33% increase over the same period last year, according to home tour technology company ShowingTime.The Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index hit a 3-year high during the week ending September 19, up 23% from a year earlier.

Hi Erin - sorry to hear you are having difficulties with the tenant. 

Do you want to save more to invest in the Bay Area, or take on the added (but not insurmountable) difficulty of investing out of state?