Of course, I will do my best to have many buyers lined up so that I don't develop a bad reputation in the industyry.

It just came slowly over time as I built up a reputation.

A couple of suggestions:1) Hook up with a reputable Creative Real Estate Investor's club (CREI) and you will be able to pre-qualify your team members and they will be accustomed to investors in your situation.

Please tell them to find a reputable lawyer that has proven success.

They are rock solid on reputation.

It is a formal organization of producers and manufacturers that agree to fix prices, marketing, and production.

I haven't seen many manufactured homes that increase in value like a site built house.

When leasing season comes around, our leasing agents inform the prospective tenants what we expect and we have a reputation for that.

Manufacturing will continue to follow cheap labor, therefore we need a properly educated workforce to cope with the future.Taxes need to be lowered to spur small business, which is the root of our economy.

(I pay roughly 1% of the U.S. price for drugs manufactured by the same U.S. company when I buy in India.)Back to the main subject of the thread, I think the reasons for our relative decline include many factors as all of you have identified.