@Robert Perkins,I'd suggest downloading a Schedule E from the IRS website and working through it.

This is a publication subsidized by Rishel Consulting Group.If he buys a community, immediately join the state trade association in the state the community is in because that association will not only protect his investment, but also be a valuable resource for information and opportunities to network with other community owners.I suggested he do all of this before he starts looking for a community.

If the numbers work, ha e them inform the owner that someone's interested in buying a property of theirs.   

Iv e had a partner since i started, my advice would be to find someone is completely 100% opposite from what your strength is.

The down side is you are living in a renovation for an extended period of time and if you are doing a lot of the work yourself to maximize profit, the trade off is your personal life.

At the end of the day Real Estate comes down to convenience, if you make the deal make sense (as far as equity) and make it easy for the potential seller to execute... he'll turnover!!!

they'll try to trade work for rent, and will always feel you got the better half of the deal.Cut your losses quickly and evict when necessary. 

Once I started looking at the numbers and seeing what successful people are doing all around me I realized I was trading my freedom for a false sense of security.

This is where you see the biggest returns and I have all the resources and documentation already created to execute this, there is just a shortage of supply.

You can make adjustments as you move along while executing your plan.