Wholeslaing is more of a capital gains thing..  If you buy and sell a certain amount of properties in a year, doesn't the IRS consider you a "dealer" and tax your profits as income rather than capital gains?

Then anyone else who wanted to live there could subtract all your profit and flipping costs and bid that much more.This is similar to when people go to an auction and complain about dealers bidding up the prices  the dealer can only stop you from getting a steal, they can’t pay more than an end user as they need to make a profit at a higher price  a flipper pays the least for any property, a landlord pays more, a STR landlord pays more, and an owner occupant pays the most, especially if they can do the work themselves  

There are some dealers in the business and some mobile home park owners but most just operate in their own park.

This is the first I'm hearing about this.I've looked on the states webpage and there is indeed a certification program, but I can't tell if it's specfically for dealers who are buying/selling mobile homes. 

My sister and I will be living in an owner occupied building and our Irish asses will stick out but if the area is safe, that doesn’t bother us. 

I'm sure you've noticed that Car dealers, Furniture stores, Granite showrooms, Etc all tend to use this.Unless you absolutely cannot afford to be close to JT, go for it.

Years ago when I applied for financing for a vehicle, I told the dealer to use my personal bank only for financing for the credit check, but a couple weeks later I noticed on my credit that they ran checks with four different lenders in that one day and all of them showed up on my credit report. 

But @Rob Pecha is right, if the DST is being sold through a broker-dealer, there is no option to go direct to the operator. 

Basically I am suggesting doing a consignment to local mobile home dealers and get paid from the downpayment when they sell.

We buy and trade in pools of notes created and serviced by banks, lenders, mobile home dealers and community owners nation wide.