For example, in many parts of the US high paying manufacturing jobs have gone away, such as the automotive manufacturing jobs for which the average pay was about $40/Hr plus benefits.

Some of those trailers have pipes that were improperly manufactured and the will keep busting.

@Sarah Wade is it a mobile home or a manufactured home on it's own land?

Are you talking about an actual "mobile" home or a manufactured home that is on a permanent foundation?

I'm very interested in this areas as well since currently living in Seattle, i could see it would help a lot with getting more affordable (and creative) housing options here.I have good relationship and contacts with a large container manufacturer in Vietnam which builds and customizes the container homes. 

@Michael Plante Check with the mobile home dealerships in the area as well as your local manufactured housing association.

That's a play there, but land is so expensive now that unless you buy it years in advance, your upside potential is going to be limited.You might have some luck with manufactured park development as there's a growing need for that product, yet it's not sexy and so no one focuses on it.

You should seriously consider joining the Texas Manufactured Housing Association for many reasons, not the least of which they have the forms you need.

Your local manufactured housing association as well as the local government entity in charge of titling mobile homes are both good resources to start.

Economic anchors are things that are not going anywhere anytime soon, like state government, major universities, major health care centers, or manufacturers that are independent of the economy like military suppliers.I understand that the closer the anchor the better, but does it have to be in the same city/zip or can it just be in same county or next town over?