My specialty is building broker relationships and bringing quality off-market deal flow. 

What research have you done on rental Days On Market?

The cabin belongs to an acquaintance who doesn't want it anymore and is giving me the option to purchase it before putting it on the market.

I'd say that the closest thing to this we used was an automated system that allowed inbound callers to choose to be on our DNC list, or to be connected with one of us.

I’m curious where your rents are compared to market rents?

Anyways, myself and a fellow investor friend of mine have been discussing doing mobile home flips in our local market.

If your goal is to have properties in markets that have weather you like, that's awesome, but you don't have to START there. 

I found it really time consuming to measure for every single repair in a house so automated calcs as much as I could based on room sizes.  

If a policy excludes wind coverage (more common in places like Florida where insurance is severely strained by weather and other market conditions) then all wind related events are excluded.In those cases, it's sometimes possible to purchase a wind policy (usually covers wind & hail) which would provide tornado protection.

As you pursue your goal of mastering the BRRRR method and building a passive income stream, consider exploring multiple markets and being open to how your assets might look.