Manufactured home on 3 acres. 

I am sure you have likely come to the same conclusions, but I am a firm believer in diversification of knowledge, and hope that maybe I can provide some thoughts that you have (or anyone else reading this) maybe overlooked.For starters, when I search for manufactured homes in any particular area, one commonality I see is that the well-kept, well-maintained ones are usually in 55+ communities.

I realize now it is about manufacturing stories and creating click bait.

Plus I have another lot I could put a trailer or manufactured home on. 

There are those that argue that manufactured homes are very different from actual houses in that they depreciate in value like an automobile.

Putting a "Beautiful Floor" in a rental garage is asking for trouble.If you use delicate type things (easily stainable or easily breakable) in a rental don't expect them to hold up.Cars park there--and cars make messes--leaky oil gaskets, radiator hose broken (rust deposits), rubber tire marks.Maybe you could call the product manufacturer and ask if there is a way to clean off normal car stains.Good Luck!

Then I was let go from my Manufacturing Operations Management Job and was having a conversation with my Father about where to go from here when he suggested this site. 

Christopher Plummer look at Greenville due to new manufacturing jobs from Boeing.

I am currently analyzing a deal in Idaho that includes 5 manufactured homes that would be owned by me and not the tenants.

That is only going to go on for so long.I am old enough to remember when interest rates were something like 18%, I remember a decade or so later buying my first house on an adjustable rate of 10.6%, and was ecstatic at how low the rate was.As far as real inflation, a big reason for low inflation over the last 20-30 years has been the offshoring of manufacturing to emerging markets like China and India.