Great advice Mike, also a great warning for a lot of us who don't hear from our renters unless there is a leak and just see the checks every month, it is really good to schedule periodic checks on critical maintenance.

Easy to do and you can see the procedure on you tube. 

GO see the property yourself.

Did you see the actual lease?

If that's the case and all profits still belong to the IRA, I don't see the upside to going with that type of financing; is there something I'm not seeing there?

I have no problem asking to see the contract if something seems fishy.

I would call them, tell them you're very interested and set appointment to go see the property, be ready to make an offer in person and follow up with written offer in the form of a letter. 

Moreover though, I like helping folks on subjects I know about and Manufactured Housing has so many complicated areas a peculiararities for the average lay person and I don't like to see the unwary being taken advantage of.In fact I think that's why I became an expert witness, consultant and troubleshooter over 25 years ago.

They see the initial transfer of deed from a person to the trust, but then the change of beneficiary is not publicly visible nor is the beneficiary's identity publicly visible, usually.Remember, however, that the financing is still the responsibility of the people whose names are on the loan - that doesn't change.

When you will run the loan scenario you will see the rate difference. 2nd question about lender:- You have to look into two things in your lender a) How many max properties your lender can finance?