And sellers often prefer conventional to FHA as there's an easier appraisal process (depending on how much work is required).If you own a property, and you have a spouse who isn't on the mortgage, then you could explore putting this one in your spouse's name.

I live in Nevada, and my town is about 50% manufactured homes.

I planned on talking to some of the property management companies around town over the next few days.

I have received much interest, and decided to just have an open house for a few hours to show the place to prospective tenants and collect applications, rather than trying to meet with individuals one by one (so I'm not driving across town everyday for a showing and dealing with people who are no longer interested, not qualified, or don't show up at all).

@Jonathan Spaeth One of the investors that I work with is employing this method on one of the properties he has in town.

I now understand you were looking for the things that normal due diligence might miss.I had a person who bought a property that was in a larger town and there was the air space above the house that was sold so that no one could block another building or sign. 

I didn’t have luck with that but did a general search for my city and “group” or “meetup” and found a local group right here in my town.

Find a good plumber a good attorney a good handyman in the same town as the property .

As for my signs around town.

I bought a property last October in a small town in Northern MI.