Renting homes or rent to own programs sound like a good solution at first but I wouldn't recommend it for the following reasons:1)Renters don’t have same “pride of ownership” as homeowners so your homes as well as the park will deteriorate more rapidly. 2)Property tax is paid by the owner3)Insurance is paid by the owner4)Maintenance is paid by the owner (roof replacement, air conditioning, water leaks)5)Renters have different laws than mobile home space leases, such as evictions6)Banks don’t like lending on communities with rental units7)Rentals create a higher turnover than homeowners8)Most park rules prohibit leasing AND FOR A REASON

The other is that the huge consumption of gold for jewelry in India, China and the Middle-East is growing rapidly as their economies grow.

Hi everyone,I am based in Grand Rapids, MI, am just getting started in the world of real estate investing, and am currently looking for properties in the area.

Thank you all for your rapid responses.

While you won't get rapid appreciation, the flip side is that it's fairly insulated from trend markets.I invest in more rural areas outside of Harrisburg. 

Anyone have recommendations of a carpenter or handyman in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that can replace some boards on a garage?

We'd better load up on all the yield we can get.)hyper-inflation (rapidly rising prices.  

In my opinion, any online marketing channel is incredibly valuable for motivated seller lead gen.I'm partial to PPC, since it's incredibly objective, fast, and open to evolution/incremental improvement over time that increases ROI.SEO, while taking time to get going, still has the highest overall ROI of nearly any kind of marketing you can do.Both together give you an incredibly flexible marketing model that can easily be applied to multiple markets.Basically, REI boils down to lead generation - generate enough leads at a low enough cost and you will generate a consistent flow of deals.

And yeah, I'm at the opposite corner of the state from Billings, don't take anything I say as reflective of Billings' rapidly growing economy.

I recently purchased a 9 unit apartment building in Berwyn, which is gentrifying rapidly.