It has been an added bonus for my newbies that I am there to help them out with any problems.

That could make this thread gold.

Gold, real estate, and food are a few of the things that will have value in a complete collapse of the economy/country.

But we do have $20,000 in savings.I'm taking into concideration:- moving expense and time- location and crime- Cheaper places are likely to have other expensesAnd are the ads for $1000 rentals just scams or really bad areas?

It is under 15% if you toss in travel expenses...So you might figure a rough estimate of NOI like this...40 pads at $200 per month, owner pays all utilities.so 40 x 200 x 12 = 96,00096,000 x .6 = 57,600now take the NOI and divide it by the CAP rate you want to buy the park for... so lets say a 12 CAP57,600 / .12 = $480,00014 CAP...57,600 / .14 = $411,428and so on... finding parks with expenses that can be cut are a real key to adding huge value quickly to a purchase.

Post a fake ad for a wholesale property on craigslist, postlets, etc.

Supposedly, someone at the time of my father's death put ads in the papers of the last known city where the mother and/or daughter lived.

Post cards, business cards, flyers, ads in the paper, craigslist, websites, word of mouth

Look for ads in the RE section saying "money to lend for real estate."

I agree with Taz, I've borrowed millions of dollars via commercial loans and never needed a D & B number.