This is because the barrier to entry is low and there is no minimum standard for competence.

Or you can just trust that, given the low interest rate on your mortgage and the length of time it'd take to realize the savings (i.e. you don't save all $76k today, you accumulate the savings over 20+ years), that $76k becomes a much smaller number in "real" dollars. 

Have you spoken to lender about using low money down conventional mortgage?  

Rent is current $1100 per apartment which may be a little low for the current market due to a shortage of quality apartments.

I have seen it rated low for investing because it hasn't gone up much. 

I’ve researched and looked high and low.

Prices here are still very low. 

LOW value assets as it were.. 

They are going to want low debt, high income ,and a good credit score . its not as easy as people onnhere make it out to be .

They let off cash like crazy, tenants have low expectations and you can develop multiple income streams from both lot rent, and seller financing the trailers on your pads.