Prices can increase (or drop) dramatically within a few blocks, and you do not want to be caught overpaying. 

First, if you currently have no insulation in your attic, adding insulation will make a dramatic difference in your heating bills.

Replacing the oversized and bulky furnace and water heater tank with underfloor space heating and a much smaller tankless hot water on demand we've just enhanced the cubic foot space dramatically by as much as 60 to 70 cubic feet.There's a lot more to this story but I hope it gives you a little insight into some of the challenges and perplexities that exist with old and even new MH's be they PRE HUD trailers and/or mobile homes or HUD Manufactured Homes.

One other question once you refinanced out of your first loan into a investment loan how dramatic was the change in interest rate?

Prepaying the mortgage wasn't that far off from stock market mutual fund returns....so there wasn't that dramatic of a lost opportunity....paying down debt felt safer.

People said I would have little to no appreciation in this area of the Midwest on my single family purchased here too.Of course, our Multifamily Apartment complexes we have also forced appreciation by buying based on NOI and now have been in the process of dramatically increasing NOI.This is amazing!!!!

Noise and parking complaints increase dramatically.

I'm in a particularly dramatic situation to say the least. 

When the political landscape changes the tax code, then it's good to change up your strategy.In 1997, when the Capital Gains Exclusion for $250k per person, $500k per married couple was signed in, it made a lot of sense to invest for Appreciation or you will not be able to take advantage of the properties that will move up because of this exclusion.This year, the landscape has changed dramatically.

Depreciation limits for personal automobiles used in business are dramatically improved.