The benefits are your property search can be much larger as you aren't operating an STR.

The way I've valued multifamily properties is to calculate the Net Operating Income (Gross Income - Expenses) and then divide by desired cap rate.  

The GP named David Gerlt out of Newport Beach, CA used Quinalt Investments, LLC as the operating business for the investment. 

That said, I know a few MHP operators that make some pretty tremendous money on the trailers, mostly by renting to people who need to pay in cash and have someone not ask a lot of questions - illegal/undocumented immigrants, transients, probably some criminals for sure, sometimes people (mostly women) hiding from domestic abusers, etc.

The bottom line to this kind of deal is that you are SOL if the "buyer" does anything that lets the bank figure out you're no longer living in/operating the property.

I've seen quite a few car washes on the market and they've always been operated/maintained by the owner.

For future operations, it would be best to require regular inspections and maintenance.

Lucky enough to belong to an incredible network in Denver (CO) but as we add operations, properties and an arm of our design business down here I am itching to join something similar!

In a senior living business, the operations are usually a separate entity and the operation entity rents from the property entities to keep operations completely separate from the property. 

We've seen seller financing come back in a big way, and I think it will continue as debt continues to be challenging.Syndication, raising capital for less experienced operators, and those who have challenging deals, will be more difficult in this part of the cycle.What tools/strategies are you using to close deals today?