You'll likely get more support if you post what State you are in.

I love working with the clients I support, but I cannot handle the culture that comes along with group home companies.

If the deal can support it, you can have the owner carry a note in second position so you only have to come up with 5-10% down but it is unlikely a bank will allow for a lower down payment, unless it is a screeching good deal and they felt covered if you are buying at a significant discount.

An inexpensive parking pad option (asphalt and concrete are the standard methods) is to form a 20' x 20' square on each lot with landscaping timbers, metal edging or even railroad ties, and then filling that box in with crushed granite or some other type of rock.Replacing roads is one of the highest capital items in any park project, so make sure that your deal will support this cost.

Homes that old are subject to all sorts of issues ranging from knob & tube / fuses to shrunken cedar posts supports to ancient plumbing, so the inspection is not only key, it will also be a way to negotiate pricing down post-inspection. 

The nostalgia has consumers and professionals wondering if another bust is on the horizon.

The curtailing of rental property financing is not driven by market fears, it's driven by gov't policy.The gov't is keeping rates artificially low with the intent of helping average homeowners (the idea being that "average homeowner" takes his $500/mo mortgage savings and spends at least $450 of it each month on consumer junk, maybe a new car payment, maybe eating out, whatever, thus stimulating the economy).

Keep in mind that I run these properties without support from a husband who never wanted to be a landlord yet enjoys the profits.

(that assumes you are in a market that would support $400 lot rent) Using the same simple back of the napkin math: 54 pads times $400 per month, times 12 months gives you a gross rent of $283,200.

After contacting support, the option is to send an email to the Zillow group and get in an agreement with them.