Unless a MH is put on a permanent foundation on an actual privatley owned lot, the majority of mobile homes depreciate in value over time.As @Greg Scott mentioned, you can find cashflowing deals if you know HOW to look.

One tip is to start looking into meetups to connect with investors / others in the REI game (in person/online).

Insurance cost for weather-related disasters is growing to a major concern in many of the southern markets.

Outside we had trees taken down that were going to cause major future problems with the roof, gutters and the view.

@Nick WimmelYou can get decent cash flow and demand for rentals is likely to stay strong in the area given the proximity to major job centers in Cincinnati and Dayton

I will also say that the majority of our clients focus syndications (even if it's through a fix and flip fund) given that it is just much more scalable than doing one-off raises. 

You MUST understand this as the suburbs are usually much nicer than the city.All of these challenges are why we have a map of Metro Detroit on our website with the cities in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties listed, as well as 183 Neighborhoods in Detroit.The majority of the 48235 zip code is Class C, the question is, do you understand what that means?

,While no investment is completely passive, proper real estate investing should be relatively boring.You asked about the process and major considerations.

.- It's very difficult to argue about travel being a business expense if you're just going to look at properties, I would argue against it in a majority of cases.- Depends on what you're doing specifically, but usually I'd recommend getting an EIN at least to give access to business bank accounts- Repeating #1, if you're going to a property and 100% of your time is spent doing renovations and the like, sure, but if any of it is for personal benefit, that'd be disallowed.

@Jake AndronicoAs desirable areas near city centers become more expensive and densely populated, there will be a resurgence of suburbs located approximately 10-30 miles outside major cities.