Landlords often live in the same town, develop relationships, don’t want to rock the boat etc. and sometimes they have no interest or know how renting to the “new market” of a changing town.

Rob Beardsley Lone Star Capital Group has one too and he sells a book to go along with it. 

Here is how I, (Superhost with 2000 glowing 5 star reviwes), run mine! 

Hey Ray, one of the more affordable conferences you will find is the North Star Real Estate Conference, hosted by Todd Dexheimer.

Also Texas Farm Credit, Lone Star ag Credit, Capital Farm Credit, Texas Rural Capital.

@Junix Alcayaga 1) decide on a market then 2) start with a rockstar realtor and rockstar property manager 3) go shopping Imo the property manager will make or break your investment over the long-run so find the best one and have a plan B choice just in case plan A fails or does not perform.

Rock County is reporting vacancy under 2% right now and with prices being so low, you could purchase 5-7 small MF properties with those funds.

@Neil Narayan   You are a local RockStar Neil! 

The mobile home industry is vast (roughly 8% of the U.S. population lives in a mobile home) and customers range from McDonald's employees to billionaires (in the Montauk park in the Hamptons) and even movie stars (Pam Anderson, Hillary Duff, etc. in Malibu).Make sure you understand the rules from HUD on remodeling mobile homes, such as the fact that you can't enlarge windows or doors or increase the weight on the exterior walls (for example replacing paneling with drywall).

Star with the fourplex!