Drug dealers and billionaires may be able to hide money.

There are many Lonnie Dealers now doing deals legally through a modified process.

Besides the public REIT’s many of the private ones do a regulation a+ offering (which is what we did) through a broker dealer.

You will also want to connect with wholesale mobile home dealers in your area, that pay cash for mobile homes. 

And the property does not seem to have been carefully selected with renters in mind (because here's the thing - who in those neighborhoods can realistically afford $1400/month in rent - a drug dealer or prostitute, that's who, which is why the bulk of the applicants will probably have felon records).

You're investing in a business, your business, while all that is is making a contribution to your business that requires your active participation which isn't investing either but it's not investing, putting money into real estate.Nothing wrong with being a real estate operator or dealer.

Local dealers will buy and sell gold/silver directly.

The business world has always had it's share of shady dealers, but that doesn't mean that all businesses are fraudulent. 

Then once I make some improvements, improve the rentroll, etc, I can refi with a bank at 20-30 year amortization to improve cash flow.It’s like the opposite of the car dealer, where they try to get you to overpay by showing you a low monthly payment, even if the overall deal is bad.  

You may want to talk to some people in the business in your area (i.e. park managers, mobile home dealers, etc) to get some referrals.