I'll give you a partial answer on 2. 

I was looking for another flip project to take on and this one was on the market for awhile and others were scared to tackle it.

I keep reading different things online.

Check your state laws on that.

This was done to protect senior citizens on fixed incomes from being forced to sell their homes due to unaffordable property tax increases.Since the passing of this amendment, all properties in Michigan have two property tax values associated with them:State Equalized Value (SEV): supposedly equal to 50% of the market value of a property, not based on recent sales price.Taxable Value: the SEV annually capped as long as there is not a transfer of ownership.City Assessors are charged with determining how much property values have changed each year.

What's your take on purchasing cottages in RV parks for rentals?

Quote from @Christopher Robert Noland: Say I can get an owner finance on a 99k house for 5 years with a balloon payment. $2500 down. 

I am about to close on my first multifamily property (5 units) and I am having a hard time finding an insurance company that can give me any kind of decent rates.

by SEC on allowing some transaction-based compensation, but no idea where it landed.

Henry great perspective on the container issues..