All in all, I suspect if you own the underlying land, have several mobiles in a compact area, and have expertise in the area (repair, the tenant demographic, etc), then it could work well.

Buying a local multi to live in, collect rent and use your spare cash to invest out of state.

Every spare dime we saved when straight into our "investment account".

I'd like to flip houses in my spare time using no cash, no credit as I  have no experience.

Hi - I'm from mid-Michigan, I work mostly as a contractor and do some part-time investing with houses in spare time;)

If you’re not a get your hands dirty type and you don't have lots of spare cash, being a landlord may not be right for you.

Best thing I can say is start hitting the streets in your spare time. 

Have considered Turnkey with reputable company or considering other options, such as a 203K investment loan on a distressed property.I have a full time sales job with about 10-15 hours to spare each week.

In this case, since they had access to free suitable soil, the excavated down some 18' to good ground (turns out the spot where the house was placed was a spoils pit at some point past) and placed compacted lifts of suitable soil to get it back to the intended elevation.  

Weekends, every bit of spare time was spent on the house.