If supply and demand can't correct the difficulty with price, then some sort of regulatory force is acting on the industry that needs to be removed, because we are all screaming for more GCs from sea to shining sea.

They don't work for us agents, BUT there can be a lot of "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours"-ism in the industry and you could be picking up on that relationship as you observe the relationship between the agent and the inspector.In general if I don't have a trusted inspector in a market I'll default to using a Pillar to Post inspector, since they have fantastic training protocols and have a much higher bar of excellence than the average inspector on the market. 

Residential to commercial, raw land to industrial, long term to short term residential. 

I'm currently employed as a General Manager in the Tourism Industry but looking to make the transition to becoming a full time Mortgage Broker this Winter.

I use private (NOT hard) money almost exclusively.

I suspect there might be some issues in the appraisal industry with this manipulation of the markets by insiders ??

Is this now the industry norm?  

R – Rent it Out Exclusively by the Room to Individuals – I’ve touched on this a little bit but this is a good place to expand.

This is all I have for the moment, but as I have said, I’m sure this will change as I learn more about this vast industry and grow as a person.

Banks are very familiar with mobile home parks and how to structure loans.The top sources of mobile home park lending are:1) Seller financing by the moms and pops.2) Bank loans (typically smaller banks in the town the park is located in).3) CMBS Conduit lenders (on deals where the loan is $1 million and more).4) Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac "agency" debt (on loans of $2 million and more).You rarely hear of a mobile home park deal that can't get financing today because banks love the industry and it's incredibly small default rates.