The important point is that you must be able to prove that you had the intent to hold for rental or investment purposes should you get audited.

Depends on your purpose of buying the mobile home.  

For purpose of negotiating with lender:1.  

They do need good promoters with long track records.  

With other types of investments the purpose is to accumulate funds.

And lastly (for now) I read someone else's post that referred to a company that was started for the purpose of investing, and I think I understand how he got the idea, I've come across that myself in my reading.

Just for your info, i represent hundreds of LLC's and work with plenty more and have never seen one elect to be treated as a corp for tax purposes.

I want to establish a relationship with realtors to promote my business.

.,. that buys 4 more lift tickets for the slopes so i can continue bashing my body snowboarding, lol.I'm liking the contest mostly because I'm learning a lot about how to promote a site.

I'm not promoting anything here as it won't be out until at least March, but I've written a book about investing in commercial real estate that you would find helpful.