@Jordan Decuir hit the nail on the head.

SO the question you need to ask is "how can I create more value for the people I'm trying to work with" once you nail that, you'll be able to find a landlord and get started! 

I think you hit the nail on the head with what I've largely been grappling with.

This is exactly the kind of thing I was thinking but you nailed the explanation.

Expand your searchOnce you nail down your budget, you may want to rethink exactly what you are looking for in a home.

@Allan SmithAllan, you nailed it.

My current plan is just to save up my own cash over the next few months and really nail down my systems to define exactly what I'm looking for and where I can find it in the mean time. 

I'm going to start contacting MHP Brokers and nail down my future plan. 

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your talking about Senior deferral... and yes I got nailed on this one as well. as I had never heard of it before.. at first it was 90k and I could not figure out why no one was bidding.. in those instances your either the smartest guy there or your the dumbest in that case I was the dumbest.. my attorney got it knocked down to 40k.. and the market was kind to us.. so I did not lose totally.so the only way in OREGON to check on senior deferral is to call the county on the phone.. or walk in..