The main issue is if the nails are coming up and also you can only do it so many times.For the bathroom  I would be inclined NOT to use laminate, it is not so water tolerant.  

CMHC policy only permits a borrow to hold one CMHC insured residential mortgage at a time {though not every lender enforces this and CMHC does not always police/catch it}.  

Not sure what you tolerance is for risk vs. reward. 

What is your risk tolerance?

Family" sized houses in neighborhoods with good schools will have almost zero vacancy if you are on top of your marketing.  1/1s in larger buildings will probably have at least 1 vacancy per year.  

When I discovered that he had lied I attempted to cancel the contract within the 5 day grace period but he told me that it was not possible to cancel the policy.

I put Zero faith in Zestimates.

Where you invest is going to depend a bit on how much capital you want to deploy, what your goals with investing are, and your risk tolerance.  

Many of the agents that I know that were that went from zero to success were at the office every day - listening, watching and learning from the more established people around them.

Saw one hauled down the highway recently (with below zero value, counting disposal)..For a shield, maybe show them what a duplex sold for ten years ago in your area versus a mobile and where they are today in terms of appreciation (you could also make a good case on cash flow, especially with park/lot fees, but for a simple "wow" figure, that may do it)...The ones on a lot that are affixed to the ground do better here, but the ones in  the parks are personal property here (and I suspect elsewhere) and you get killed on the lot fee, and the construction is not ideal for durability in my climate.