Chicago, with its vibrant neighborhoods and strong rental market, is a prime location for this strategy.

Once you learn how to generate leads, marketing, negotiating, etc you can go be a solo agent.

Aside from grass roots networking, what technology can help me find pre-market deals?

There are a lot of rules when it comes to buying a MH and if one thing is wrong the lender will deny the loan.Mostly pay attention to year built try and stay away from Mobile homes that are older than 20 years. 

I would consider getting 1-2 deals on market before you purchase off-market.

Start with Reonomy or Costar to identify all the 100+ units in your target market (on and off market) and then see if you can get into direct contact with some owners.

They are far more likely to pay around market rent regardless of what the table says.

It can be used to monitor markets, filter results based on lots of different criteria & even includes annual revenue numbers that you can work backwards to see how certain markets/properties are performing.

There have been many investors who have been successful in mobile home investing.

If you're in the market for an STR on the Oregon Coast (or really anywhere for that matter) here are some tips to be successful this year: - Know your market.