The increases had almost no $ effect on the tenant portion, the government picked up the tab.

I would assume a 50% expense ratio because your lot rent is still below $300 mark and the % to run a smaller park is very comparable on a per lot basis up until the 75-100 space mark and/or you have over $400 in lot rent.are you going to manage this thing your self? 

The bulk of recycling takes place in house at the time of manufacturing - post recycling is not cost effective and doesn't produce a high quality resin for reuse.

It is a great cost effective product.

But that may be for just self-employed individuals.I would suggest reading the BP book, on the no/low downpayment ways of investing in real estate, great book.You can also look into Private loans.Glad to have you here!

I have never wholesaled my self, but my perception is it's pretty challenging. 

Once you're deemed credit worthy by lenders you can start using leverage which needs to be used VERY carefully but is also extremely powerful.I personally do NOT recommend that someone with a trades or self employment 'life track' as you are describing is best suited to buy a first house with cash, and for instance use your time to fix it up.Few reasons here:Firstly, often the kinds of 'cash deals' available are ones that can to generalize tend to be more cash flow type properties (as opposed to equity properties). 

So for example my first ever purchase was a duplex i bought for $16,000 and had $21,000 all into and rented each side for $650 and really it payed for it self over the 3 year period.

I self manage my own properties and do it for a few others as well but there are at least two PM companies that I would trust, one of which is ran by someone that was on a recent BP podcast.

She specializes in self managing clients.