To estimate closing costs we use the 1st American Closing Cost Estimator.  

Good shopping to you!

MHP shopping centers  and land developments ( which I brought most of those and worked on entitlements).they then did what many did and went to dallas for greener pastures only to lose the properties and because as you state in those days the GP did a PG.. they ended up with a over million dollar judgment on them from a Texas bank. it was major league ugly.

They will probably need 2k to 3k (guessing here) for rent, food, car, shopping, insurance, etc a month. 

I know its American & some items will be different, but its gotta be fairly similar.Are you using the BP rental calculator or something different?

@Muz Khan lots of items in your post so I will try to handle them one at a time here:If you find a HML that doesn't lend to first timers then keep shopping.  

There are major developments coming down the street on skillman and new shopping centers being built right by that intersection.

Once you find a deal you can start shopping it to the lenders.  

The benefit to us is that we end up going to that town anyway for Sunday Mass and shopping since it's the largest town in our area.My advice to you as that you try and get other things done while you're there.

Maybe sometime we can meet up and talk shop?