But for most owner occupant homeowners, a significant part of not most of their wealth is acquired through 30 years of ho,e ownership.  

Once I've secured a hard money loan and used it to buy/rehab a home, how do I present my current situation to a traditional lender when acquiring a conventional loan on the property? 

How would I go about with acquiring one of these properties?

Almost if not all failed portions of your inspection report need to be remedied completely by the seller before closing.

owner's intent (nature and purpose for which the property is acquired); ii.

We're looking at acquiring a small mobile home community (~70 pads).

Regarding using 1031 here is the timing requirement:  Measured from when the relinquished property closes, the Exchangor has 45 days to nominate (identify) potential replacement properties and 180 days to acquire the replacement property.

When we first acquired it we were doing it ourselves, it's located only 30 minutes away from us.

We acquired tenants downstairs - they're on a M2M lease but we'll ask them to sign an annual lease in a week or so, and see if they stay or go.

If you have been wholesaling for a while you may want to talk to a hard money or private money lender.It can be a pain acquiring a hard proof of funds i.e Bank statement, HELOC etc.However, what you will receive from a HML or PML is a soft proof of funds i.e a letter stating they will be financing your deal, even so the letter usually holds some kind of caveat/contingency.