There is a very attractive 10-year tax abatement that the government offers to qualifying buyers / developers. 

P.O.S. inspections were developed, I would argue, because municipality leadership was unable to devise programs to HELP homeowners with their properties. 

Be sure to check the condo development has been pre-approved for FHA loans, many are not .

You mentioned the Cromford report and city-data.com which are good information for current or past data, but if you're trying to forecast into the future, you need to get involved with the data of where things are going to be developing in the future.

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I actually made my first offer today in the neighboring city due to the fact that there is a trend of wealthy people migrating towards the east which is increasing development and property value in that area.

Currently I am an active real estate investor and developer (single family and large scale senior housing) but I am looking to get involved in mobile home parks. 

The biggest portion of the field seems to be marketing and developing reputable motivated buyers.

We have spent millions of dollars and a lot of time developing systems, processes, technology uses and an incredible team and there is no reason not to openly share that with others. 

Our preference is that whatever we invest in can "quickly" develop equity that can be used for the next investment.