It is apparent that land lease deals have the lowest upfront cost as you only have to provide the MH which can be acquired through semi-lonnie deals (somewhat a strategy of the past), or even homes that are being given away on the contingency of having them moved.

I realize that you work for a builder and you might be able to save some money but lenders look at market cost as a guide.If you do for sale product, explore pre sale situations so that when you approach the lender you can show a viable exit.

Welcome @Stephen Costa!

Since a phone call doesn't even cost a dime anymore, what have you got to lose?

(I also always try to do things as low cost as possible.)

Well it would seem then if you buy in a really suspect area to get a higher return then go ahead and build in a security cost as part of the rehab.When I sell vacant apartment buildings the buyers put in the cost of having 24 hour security and a fence around the property during rehab.http://www.vpspecialists.com/property-lifecycle/It's cheaper and causes less damage and saves time over taking a chance the property will get broken into.Thieves like to slither around so if you have good outside lighting that will help as well.

My PM is generally good, and very responsive, but I always believe there are more maintenance items on every turnover than their really need to be, and they cost a bit more than they should, but not being on-site, I have no way to verify it. 

By splitting these 2 components out, it allows me to make a realistic estimate of how much the job will truly cost. As

If I can do it with some one time fees (and I think I can) and it doesn’t cost a lot to maintain each year I would eventually like to move my rentals into some sort of entity to get my name out of the public record.I value my privacy and would like to eventually be anonymous with regards to what and how much real estate I own

Unfortunately it usually requires CYA measures which cost a lot of money.My 2 cents, hopefully helpful.