Or my property management website (rentecdirect.com) allows for online payments by card or ACH. 

So I start looking at properties in my town, and I start to pull cards of houses that are going pretty cheap. 

Some park owners ended up in a "term default" during this period due to bad luck or the failure to start early enough in obtaining a refinance given market conditions.The only difference between the two asset classes during and after a recession is that the demand for lower price-point housing costs is higher ($280 national lot rent average in mobile home parks vs. roughly $1,250 per month in apartments) so the phone rings a whole lot more at mobile home parks and the potential to raise rents is much greater given the fact that mobile home park lot rents are absurdly low to begin with, as a result of mom & pop "quantitative easing".

Start doing some serious networking to raise private money. 

That raises the question, if they can get $145k, why isn't the current owner doing so?

We comp off many of our own properties, and sometimes the PM has even asked us about raising them from what we have suggested because the properties are nice and rent quickly. 

Most rarely raise rent or charge at market price.

You're making a little passive income, all your money is now in this building... you can't wait forever for the appreciation.Would you look for a value add property first, buy it, do some additions, raise rents, place tenants and sell it?

I'm going to stop by the Chancery Clerk's office one day this week and grab the property card to see what is the county value and property taxes.

It's right there on the property card, under MAILING ADDRESS. https://assr.parcelquest.com/HomeSend to the owner's address, not the property.