We can finance the build which we find is ideal for the bank doing the construction loan, they just take us out when the modules arrive onsite thus relieving their headache of how to secure their loan to a non-real estate module sitting in a factory somewhere.Feel free to message me and I can help you analyze this further.

Even in non judicial foreclosures isn’t a NOS recorded somewhere?

Interest rate at 4.8% for non-conventional loan seems about right.

I thought I'd post the eviction updates as they passed thru the court system as I had no idea how long an eviction took before I started this process.1) 5/1/2018 Served 30 day "Notice of Non-Renewal" for month to month lease.

You would get a non-Fannie Mae type loan in the form of a commercial or portfolio loan. 

ALSO- any particular schools that are "hot" right now?

Here are some that I've visited and found very useful:https://www.meetup.com/Addicted-to-ROIhttps://www.meetup.com/RealEstateAtWorkhttps://www.meetup.com/Fixated-On-Real-Estate(it doesn't mean that everything else is worthless, only means that I didn't visit all of them ;)Also I found that some actively moderated Facebook groups are also very useful, in particular would recommend WAREI group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/WAREI

Can anyone recommend anything further that isn't just for beginners but is for particularly LOST beginners?

I didn't think i could successfully pull off the "non-owner" ruse with having to remodel the unit and updating the tenants on a regular basis. 

Free Market principles suggest that if there is vacuum like that isolated in a particular geographical area, investors are already taking advantage of that to fill in the void.