Stuart I have been with my commercial banker now since 1993.. started with a little 100k  LOC to buy timber and within 8 years I was the largest borrower at that bank at about 15 mil.. ( small community bank)  but we fought through the GFC together I had to start over and my banker kept one last  1mil LOC open for me so I could operate and since those dark says of 2010 he has gone on to fund 5 subdivisions for me  300 plus homes and 100 plus million in loans and this is based on relationship 100%..

Plan was a fha land and construction loan for maufactured home.

I was hoping to get a Heloc or at least home equity loan.

Overloading of circuits in older homes is a bigger issue.  

Andit's easy to see why: selling a 500k home to a family requires much less skill than than buying a good flip or rental property - for much less money and commission. 

My website needs to be updated but those are the homes I got from 2016 to 2019.

This is a great forum to find like minded investors, realtors, financing, tips/tricks.loopholes. 

As for returning the deposit if there was clean up, hopefully you took photos of the condition of the home once it was vacant and have an itemized bill to present the former tenant. 

For example, would I call the area home insurance companies to notify them of the available rooms? 

Sold to a happy first-time home buyer.