Of course in the early days bookings coming in is like a drug. 

You have to be a dealer (and licensed to originate loans) or a park that got licensed (few have).I dropped the whole idea of Lonnie deals and moved to double wides on their own land.  

Giving the situation I've been willing to work with her but she has people in and out of the house and I can tell there is heavy drug activity.

My husband and I are retired have decided to delve into real estate investing to complement our retirement funds and to try something new and exciting.  We are originally from New York, but are now living in Jersey.  

Your most likely candidates are going to be mobile home community owners and mobile home dealers. 

Looking on GoogleMaps, I can't get down the narrow street that the property is located on, but the general area doesn't look like a drug-gang cartel area.

That is like a car dealer saying I have discounted cars available, but before you get to see them, I must see your cash.Too often these portfolio of cars will be the ones that have already been compacted.

Any tactic is to work with a MH dealer who will setup homes in the park and then sell the homes then you can start collecting lot rent.Try running some test ads in the local papers and craigslist for the spots and see what kind of response you get.

But check out the Drug Dealing Tenant thread for a bad experience.At beset, the rental income will reduce your cost of living in this location.

Dustin,Generally speaking Lonnie Dealers don't make their money on rehab projects.