There aren't too many mobile home purchaser's with wads of cash in their pocket...I have sold for cash and you'll get some.

As for counter tops, if you aren't doing islands or anything deeper than the traditional 22" depth, you can buy prefabricated granite slabs at a variety of places.

Of course, I would never let someone move in without a deposit, but you already know that she is a good tenant and aren't taking the same risk as when a new tenant moves in.

He said that basically if you are a single member LLC and you are managing the property yourself you will have a hard time proving you aren't personally managing the property even with the LLC as manager.

And, doors aren't really mean to have the locks repeatedly removed and replaced.

Kind of ghetto, neighboring houses messy-ish, all houses are unique (they aren't all stucco houses built by a central planner... so there aren't rows of houses that look the same...), they are older houses...Should this not stop me from looking?

(and no, they aren't all scam artists and felons).Again, I realize I was asking for skepticism by only providing part of the story.

I'd be concerned about deferred maintenance since many mobile homes aren't maintained properly or at all.

HOWEVER, most FHLMC/FMNA / SECONDARY MARKET institutional lenders require that the originator have the NMLS endorsement for ANY 1-4 family loan, whether or not the loan is for consumer purposes, so many people think that is the law, which it's not.I believe that 90% of the people in the lending industry aren't aware of this distinction.

This will only work for friends and family who trust that you aren't going to bail on them.For non friends and family investors you can go through the LLC route, although after trying this a few times, I will never do it again.The other route is to offer a private placement.