Also, if you are renovating as a buy and hold would you automatically go ahead and replace them up front?

I am looking to purchase a parcel of land in Michigan and plan on using cash for the purchase.

YES, you can still achieve cash flows of 7% to 10% in the single-family residential (SFR) sector.If you want to learn more about these opportunities, don't hesitate to reach out.

I get texts/postcards/calls offering me cash for the house a lot, but I don’t want to sell the whole thing outright, I want to retain my ownership and investment and build a property empire with someone who wants to invest - and I’m totally okay with full involvement or silent partnership. 

The plan here is to have a local (RV Certified) tiny home builder do the marketing to attract buyers that want to buy their tiny homes (cash or 25 year financing) and live in this park, until there are 44 pads occupied by tenant-owned tiny homes, paying $750/mo lot rent, on 1 year leases.

A couple of year ago I paid off my rental with the cash out from my home refi (lower interest and saving $ for paying it early).

This way, you have your cap stack sorted up front and you can fully focus on identifying and taking down deals. 

I'm planning to buy a SFH in Huntsville in the next 2 months so I'm looking to understand more about the area.My goal is to buy in a B/C class neighborhood for a deal that is expected to be cash flow even.

I suspect you could be cash-flow positive in 1-2 years and the property should appreciate during that time.If my assumptions are correct, holding onto it is the better option.

In his affidavit it has the correct legal description that matches my cash sale, but I am not sure if that is good enough.