For phase 1, need to examine condition of any above-ground tanks. does the MHP use on-site drinking water wells?

Happy to grab coffee or a drink while you're in town.

Then you can record your expenses there and it makes it easy for you and your CPA.Regarding startup costs versus expenses, there are plenty of articles you can find on the subject with a google search.

There are plenty of teams looking to expand in your market.

Presentation and management style matters A LOT, in my market there's plenty of rental histories that are low on properties that can and will perform very well when managed properly.Check out comparable properties and see what their rates are at for different seasons.  

Plenty of them.

The other great thing about vacation rentals is that it takes rent control and tenant laws out of the equation as those laws don't apply to vacation rental properties.To be sure, there are plenty of other laws that do effect you as an investor if you go this route.If you'd be interested in a conversation, I'd be happy to tell you more about what we do and why. 

It's the lender of my current SFH rental that told me last year my DTI was too high to purchase another one, even though I had plenty of cash for a down payment.

He works for a plumbing company, so he has plenty of experience.

And there's no federal mechanism pressuring states to do something specific, like how if a state's drinking age is below 21 then that state will lose federal highway dollars (fun fact: there is ALSO no federal minimum drinking age applicable outside of federally controlled land, just some highway money that forced all the states to "voluntarily" set it at 21 on an individual basis, I believe Texas was the last holdout, possibly due to oil money).