Had received an email from this group and spoke with them on the phone yesterday. 

Check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides3.

Why ask: Learning how your mentor handled failures or setbacks will help you gain perspective on the full spectrum of risks and challenges in the field.

But on that note I do use about 4 different data sources for comp'ing the property's rental price estimate for my clients.

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

Are there any options out there that won't tear away the margin on flips?

We have many efficincies under management with a ~10% vacancy rate with prices ranging from 485-625 depending on location property quality and amenities.

I just DM’ed you but I’ve househacked a handful of properties on the northwest side of Chicago.

Jacob,The advice you are getting from this guy who is "in lending" is very vague and is not covering all of the fine lines that manufactured home financing requires.

The only thing that I really care about is room on the deal.