First step is always to cut the water source and fix the leak asap.

What is your source for 99% of transactions are above 2%?

Having worked with investors who’ve transitioned from LTRs to STRs or MTRs, I can see why Johnson City would be appealing.You’re right to consider the university, the med school, and the hospitl as potential sources of consistent demand for MTRs.

While I don't want to focus on doing this as my main source of income (I still mainly want to do fix & flips and contract assignments), I wouldn't mind trying it, just to see if it's something that could work for me.  

And the groundwater is incompatible for human consumption due to abandon mines.No utilies, no stores, no police or emergency presence for a good hour, no nothing.

Who is the source? 

They are full size and yet still run off 120v and just need a water source and drain. 

They can be great referral sources for responsible student tenants.Best of luck with your first property!

While it is true that the need for affordable housing exceeds the supply, she does not accept that predatory investors use mobile home parks as a source of passive income.  

If I am able to source properties in markets with potential appreciation and (even if minimal) cash flow, after all expenses are covered and with a property manager, then it sounds like it wouldn't take up much of my time.