One thing that's different here is that in many places, the pad rent is $800-$900; B.C. has rent controls that keep the prices far lower but Alberta doesn't.

Once I find out the amount I probably will pad my offer price to account for it.Also, other SS I have purchased the seller is in some form of delinquent payment.

Lets say a park build out looks like:- $20k per pad for septic, water and possibly electric poles and lines.  

They are 1/2 inch laminate planks with a 2mm pad on the bottom. 

After a Dave Ramsey "moment" I have found myself debt free, 39 years old, in a rental (as I haven't fount the right deal on the home and property I want to own) since selling my last home.I'm in an area that has EXPLODED in value due to recent oil field activity and a shortage of homes for sale, much less for rent.My initial thought was to continue looking for that 50 - 100 acre property to build a home on so that I can leave my kids that "legacy" that many of us in Texas dream of.My thought process has changed as I can't afford it in this area and school district anymore.I'm considering buying 10-15 unrestricted acres and buying a mid sized mobile home to live in for 2 years while continuing to save for that bigger property and modest country home to live in.I'm watching single wides on 1 acre rent for $1500 per month in this area and double wides rent for $2,000 + while larger stick built homes rent for $4,000-$5,000 per month as the oil field workers will "split" a 4 bedroom home at $1,000 per month each without batting an eye.My thought is to buy this property, put the double wide on it, live in it for a couple of years while adding a single wide rental or 2 per year in the process.This oil activity (The Eagle Ford Shale) is expected to be a "20 year play".I can pay cash for the property, as a conventional mortgage would likely prevent me from "splitting" the property into 1/2 -1 acre tracts with mobile homes if I wanted to.My thought is that if I can buy this property at $10,000 an acre, put a used yet remodeled double wide on it for $60,000 - $70,000 to live in temporarily while adding a few $25,000 (after utilities, septic, pads and driveways) single wides that would rent for even $1200 per month I could fund and cash flow my goal of that 50-100 acre "home stead".Have I lost my mind?

Current rent for pad sites is $250 to $265. 

Now to your point, vibrations from walking is a whole different beast and what I've heard works the best is if you re-do your floors upstairs, lay down some type of noise padding on top of the subfloor.Hope this helps!  

The area west of the I-10 and north of the 101 is great because of its freeway proximity (people coming in from California) and is about 5 minutes to Westgate and Camelback Ranch and Desert Diamond Casino and probably 10-15 minutes from the golf courses in Litchfield Park.Glendale is proposing a new PAD across the freeway from the Cardinals Stadium that should be a big deal if it goes through.

One pad was vacant. 

If these are 19 pads that have been rented for 15 years, that is pretty good if any majority concentration of those 19 pads has a good long term rent to it, you are doing pretty good.You will want to look at the rent roll and get an idea of what sort of non payment or late payment risk you are getting into as well.