It’s easy to see why people love pickups, given their utility, flatbed in the back, the higher profile while driving, and the convenient rifle holder attached to the rear window.

If you go about an hour and a half out drive or less east and search hard, you can find land with mobile home about 150k.

There are certain areas where if you do the "driving for dollars" method, you may be able to find a property that is off market and ask the owner of the property if they are willing to sell.

Originally intended to be a buy and hold for him, we decided that because it was located outside of our investment radius (~45 minute one way drive) we would try to wholesale it.

I wasn't sure what that would look like for VRs and naively, I thought maybe I could do it all myself but the more I'm reading and hearing from people, it's probably not feasible since I'm not a short drive away from this property I'm interested in.

Who knows how long state and local agencies will drive us into bankruptcy? 

Find a multifamily that is going to add that extra rental income that is going to drive your profit.

I have lived in WI for a year in the past but currently live out of state (over 10 hr drive) and am new to owning a second property.

Small-time HMLs may not require an appraisal but this could be because they will drive out and view the property themselves.

I can judge appreciation and 1% rule metrics in general plus get a feel for which neighborhoods have inflow of people to continue driving demand.