stated income loan would be your best bet but you would Max out at  75% LTV and rates would be higher than a conventional loan

For far more detailed explanation why look up "valuation of park owned homes" on google and zoom in on the mobilehomeuniversity.com site and read what Frank Rolfe has to say about this topic and you will thank me in the morning. 

Coming from a farming background I think your best bet is option two.

There is a lot of information on BP about running the numbers on possible acquisitions.My advice is to dive into the wealth of information in the Videos section of this website.I am trying to gain more, and more knowledge and luckily my off-days just started so I will probably be on this site every second I am up for the next two days digging in deep and taking notes.

Keep in mind site super's or GC in these arenas are out there we can hire them.. they don't need to be principals in the transaction unless some how they are bringing you dirt at such a low value ( which is rare these days)

I'm brand new to this site so any tips/pointers/guidance is helpful!

Should I start out online with Zillow or another site? 

@Tereak Sims Welcome to the site.

The initial goals of the workshops would be to present information to open them into the concepts of using retirement money for investing, and to provide them with the sites of the companies that are admins/custodians of these type accounts, so they can do additional research, and to also point them to the SEC info.In holding these workshops, I'm looking at establishing “Pre-Existing” and “Substantive” Relationships; realizing that this is a long-term strategy.With the idea of it being passive for the investors, my thought is for them to invest in my LLC, and then the LLC buys assets, which I'm thinking to focus on commercial; possibly businesses with strong cash-flow that are also selling real estate as part of the transaction.I'm also thinking, in the workshops, to possibly include those with equity in their properties.

But I’m afraid I’ll play the safe bets and there are only two options. 1) Purchase to short term rent in an accepting community.