So basically, these types of investors are not permanent or ongoing buyers like rehabbers, meaning that they are usually one-time buyers?

Many jurisdictions restrict placement of mobile homes, which are mobile or temporary, while Modular homes cannot be discriminated against as they're built to the same fire, life and safety building standards as any stick-built product and often permanently affixed to a foundation.

Hard money may be the way to go, the 1st bank I dealt with would only provide 1 construction/permanent mortgage for 30 years.

Did you permanently give 40% discounts, or just reduced for now, with a payment plan? 

Before the pandemic, we were looking at using an FHA one time close construction to permanent loan to build our primary residence.  

`````````````````````````````````````````````````If you want home ownership, I would buy on contract for deed, make 12 payments, and refi into permanent FHA financing.IMHO, contract for deeds are not even close to lease options.  

I just recently had a Permanent Change of Station to Southern MD but have spent 6 of the last 11 years in Jax.

S-corps have a list of eligible shareholders and can be a SMLLC if owned by a US citizen or permanent resident.

The one you will want to have is "permanent resident alien".  

We were going to buy a house to rent until we moved there and occupy while we looked for a permanent home.