I have been looking for properties for the last several months and am in the same boat you are. 

15 vs 30 is a huge debate which can be looked at from several angles.

This property caught my eye for several reasonsmostly because I drive by it frequentlyit offers a commercial space, apartments, and mobile home lotsit's close to my other investments and where I liveI feel like this is an area ready to grow (it's the non-interstate link from big town to small town)it's not so expensive I can't find a way to do the dealI've been investigating mobile home investing lately, and this is one way to learn thatI don't have a physical office space for my business, and this would lend credibility to my business (and allow me to have high-speed internet, which I can't get currently)I can use an apartment and rent my SFR for morethe mixed use feels like diversificationI wouldn't be surprised to see an investor try to buy this and several other spaces up for a large developmentI see potential in possibly converting the mobiles to tiny houses and increase rents accordinglyI'm not in love with the deal, but a couple of those reasons would sway me to consider a less-than-great deal, for non-financial reasons.The numbers really look not very good, and it looks like a bad deal as it sits, considering I'm adding 1000 in rent increase and no rehab in this scenario. 

Just my opinion and curious to hear from others who only took a weekend seminar then started buyingI have been in real estate 20 years and I took several courses and my own studying / due diligence / research and after about 6 months I bought a note.

There are several REI groups in the area, but I have not attended yet. 

I'm currently looking into purchasing a property's who Pest and Organism Inspection Report from 3 years ago shows that it was infested with fungus in several locations - the kitchen counter, under the bathroom, the garage, and crawlspace.

The 1% rule really doesn't apply here in California as we're more of an appreciation-based state.If you're willing to wait to see the returns until you sell, we've probably still got several years of solid appreciation in Sacramento / Stockton areas because of all the Bay Area migration into the Central Valley.

Bates-Hendricks and Arsenal Heights are real close to FS so it seems a natural bet that one or both areas will change in a similar way--they might-- but my hunch is it will take several years for market appreciation in those areas. 

You should be able to pick up several properties before a traditional lender starts to flinch at your application.Todd

I also have a iPad and an iPhone (and a surface Pro - more on this in a minute), something to think about is if you have several apple devices, they will all share the documents between all of them seamlessly.