Only thing I would ever do with mobile homes is own a chunk of land and rent out the lots to people who wanted to buy their own trailer and pull it in. 

If you have ever wanted to pay it forward and teach someone the ropes please contact me.I’m eager to get started and want to shorten the learning curve as much as possible.I already have an LLC, and start up money.

I’m interested to hear from other investors if they’ve ever purchased an investment property from a family member.

I don't think i'd ever go zero agents but I have drastically slowed down our hiring of agents (especially new ones) over the last year due to a lot of what you described.

That’s why I’m going to hire an inspector that is the most meticulous inspector I’ve ever seen before I buy it.

Did you ever purchase a skit?

(Were they ever liquid?). 

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I haven't finished researching this, but this Lawyer basically lays out the thesis on this approach: http://www.jgutierrezlaw.com/uploads/Subdivisions.... has anyone here ever done anything like this?   

In the event you ever got audited you could probably even show this post as evidence.