In addition, many states do not license manufactured housing communities and in some states, like Illinois, the state only has licensing authority over approximately 50% of the communities, making government tracking difficult at best. 2 One national lender has since withdrawn from the market citing excessive regulatory issues. 3 Based on a comparison of publicly available information from HMDA reports with data supplied to RCG by both clients and non clients engaged in originating and servicing chattel loans made to facilitate the purchase of manufactured homes by consumers.

How difficult is it to find a good deal when you can't buy at auction with cash and you have lost the all cash leverage of making an offer on a preforclosure?  

The little time that I did spend looking into foreign real estate I quickly realized that any useful information is very difficult to find.  

Since we are all self-employed its a little more difficult to get approved by a bank so we are looking at owner financing since coming up with a down payment would be no issue.  

I'm pretty sure Realtors aren't crazy about wholesalers, making it very difficult to say "I'm going to wholesale it," but I also don't see how it's possible to keep it from them.

Hi Gabe - Banks are usually a little more conservative, especially on construction loans so without a big track record or a strong credit score/reserves it may be difficult.

Getting started is the hard part, and if you haven't been in the game long it will be difficult to find banks willing to continue to finance as you will be highly leveraged without much cushion. 

There is deal nearby that I would love to have but it seems the financing is going to be difficult.  

However it is harder to do due diligence from out of state; for example it's difficult to drive by a property in Indiana from CA.

@Dan Robinson I just make things difficult for myself and go straight to http://www.dcoz.dc.gov/main.htmlthen http://zmap.dcoz.dc.gov/ for the zoning map.