Also maybe partnering with an investor since im sitting on some cash i would like to put to work...

if anyone could sit down at their computer and find the perfect fund or syndication where past results guaranteed future success then no one would ever lose money. 

I found the deal sitting on the market for 21 days which believe or not is a long time for the area.

The house sits across 2 lots in a golf course neighborhood (~1.75 acers in total). 

At that point it had been sitting for awhile so we ended up getting it way under asking!

Good luck bud, your character is getting noticed here given how long your listings are sitting on market now.

Plan was to do self storage; then found out the creek that sits a ways back flooded 5 years ago, not in a floodzone but all the locals know so self storage is a tough sell at this point. 

When the current shifts in your favor, you will be miles ahead of those sitting on the shore waiting. 

Liquid capital cannot be tied up in a deal, so you need a lot of money sitting aside to get a deal closed.

The only way that works is if they have fully connected utilities and it is sitting on some kind of foundation and not on a trailer.Some folks think they are cool, but you really limit yourself on demographics.