From a professional perspective, you are aware that with the home purchase you are inheriting a car parked inside of the garage.

You're fortunate to live in what I consider one of the best investment markets in the nation.

Hey BP,I am interested in joining an apartment association and was wondering if anyone was a member of both national and local associations.

A national lender won't know the local market.So to answer your question, go to your local REIAs or other real estate meetups and start asking everyone you meet for referrals to local lenders. 

You'll also have to have power to those vacant homes while you renovate them.R&M/Reserves: It's hard to give you a ballpark here since I don't know what the park looks like.  

Also, show up at HomeDepot on a Saturday morning and walk around the parking lot taking pictures of sub's magnetic stickers on their trucks saying what they do and their phone numbers.Hope this helps other newbies like me.

Tell them it has to be from a national bank, so you can go to a local branch to verify, before signing the lease, if you choose.  

I bought a doublewide in a family park and lived there for 5 years.  

Estimating varies so much from state to state that any national guides won't help.

Actually,if you are talking about a large national bank like Chase they don't recognize that money as income until you show it on your tax return for two years to prove it is not once in a while income.Only smaller lenders will consider the money income but not right away,maybe 6 months.