However, in my market, realtors often ask for an offer before providing basic information like the age of the CAPEX items, including the roof. 

None of this is useful without knowing the age/quality and ease of replacement tenant if it goes dark.

Someone recently made a wonderful post about Medicare Premiums and how they can change if you invest in real estate at an older age.

Second, the brokers who perform these are often brokers with a lot of time on their hands, so the pool of brokers are the LEAST successful and newest brokersThird, the brokers are not educated in the proper METHODOLOGY to perform a valuation.Look, if you as a broker run some comps where the subject property is a SFR in a “cookie cutter” subdivision and the subjects age, style, amenities, condition, are similar to the comps being used, you’ve got a fair shot at a pretty accurate valuation.  

No sub 2, no big leveraging, no “participations”  — if your aged grandmother doesn’t like it, or understand it, don’t do it.Mentors and gurus are not worth the money.

For this to be possible at your age, you are able to have a parent co-sign and use their credit, income statements, etc.

Not knowing the exact age of the trailer there is secondary financing out there for buyers of land and older mobiles that have been moved previously- but it is usually more expensive. 

Congrats on getting into real estate at a young age.

Differences (condition, bed/bath, age, amenities) are added/subtracted from the comps to determine the value of the subject property.

Because there are a lot of bad high risk people out here without criminal records who could become that "nightmare tenant" in any instant. . . .There's the possibility for good people to go bad at any age.