Even though you currently run a successful business, I would certainly learn the business on a small scale instead of jumping into a large multi.

And it's really easy to do.I bought RM from Quickbooks last year and ended up giving it to one of my clients to use on a small scale.

One unexpected move out and you're paying the mortgage.Where as with an apartment, you have economics of scale working in your favor.

I know about the "economy of scale" MDU thing....but MDU in NYC is really big thinking....like a three family house in Brooklyn/Queens easily goes for 800K minimum, let alone a 20 unit MDU (Multiple Dwelling Unit).So my question is this.

So think on a grand scale here.

Then I'll leave the rest in my company's account to show as reserves to borrow money to buy some manufactured home communities and some apartment complexes that'll give me positive cash flow each month and just keep building wealth that way without having to use my own money.Most importantly, I'll make sure that I have an excellent tax strategist/financial planner on my team to make sure that I don't lose as much in taxes.Once I'm generating enough cash flow each month from my holdings, I'll travel the world with my family then settle back down when the kids start going to school.

Of all the property types, singlewide and doublewide manufactured homes have the smallest qty of available loan options.

And the only way to figure it out is to get data, data, data.Perhaps we can all agree that having a simple to use rule of thumb like the "50% Rule" is great to do a first-pass approximately of a deal, but that nothing replacing a full due diligence and financial analysis before actually purchasing.As for Bryan's other point about analyzing discounted cash flow (what some people refer to as net present value or NPV analysis), this is something that is tremendously important if you're going to be investing on a larger scale, and it's sad that more investors (in my experience) don't have any clue about NPV and its implications.I think I'll write a BP blog post on the subject, but suffice it to say, anyone reading this thread that doesn't understand NPV should do some research on the subject...

They are like 5% about rehabbing houses and 95% manufactured drama and personalities.

Time to throw out another full scale marketing effort I suppose.