First there is the policy issuing agent, the consumer facing part of the two. 

You will always get a better deal when you find the home yourself: off market deals: the problem is that you dont know how to find them and learning to find them may be cost consuming and be a net cost to you : as opposed to finding a good realtor that can help you find them. 

In the jurisdictions with which I am familiar, if you do not separately meter a utility you, the landlord, are responsible for the bill and you violate consumer protection laws if you try to get the tenants to split unmetered charges.  

Cash is the gas that keeps the syndicator’s deal healthy and insulated from risk.

So, if your down payment has consumed all of your cash, then you can't go again... 

Trying to get info from the health department is time consuming but she's getting there. 

If you can keep afloat on top of all these perils, surely you can build a healthy portfolio for future.

Are you looking to borrow to buy or rehab the park - or are you looking for consumer lending that tenants can utilize to purchase homes?

I have just started my real estate journey within the last 3 months, and have been consuming as much information as possible to learn about real estate. 

Then assume 20% of the rent value will get consumed by repairs, maintenance and vacancies.