It took a long time for me to be competent to do the job, but ultimately it's the only way I can satisfy my need for control while not having to be at the job site 100% of the time.

It really pays to find a competent one and one who understands your strategy.Good Luck!

You may want to check your local area to see who the active players are who invest in mobile homes.

With real estate you must compete against the experts yourself and people are uncertain how to do that successfully.

I believe the bank is forced to publish notice of foreclosure, but it changes so frequently, and you want to be able to check a comprehensive list rather than filtering individual public notices.I would start with a competent RE attorney in the area and ask them what resource investors / brokers use to locate foreclosures.Good Luck!

Dwellgo in Austin is one RE site that comes to mind that is competing to kill the MLS.

Hard to say for sure without knowing more about the location, competing properties, the potential for your repair budget to be way off, etc.But, assuming that your numbers are correct, you could just use the basic rule, which is 70% to 75% of the ARV less the repair costs, or $133K to $144K.Since it's been sitting for 6 months, a cash offer in that range may actually get their attention.

I suspect there will be a number of surprises this being your first rehab, but it sounds like you may have a competent contractor to get you through.

Finally, I get a very competent and helpful commercial lender, that says "look, I'll get with my residential loan officer and we'll go over your options" (I had sent him every road block I had gotten to at this point).

Us flippers don't stand a chance competing with this segment.