One other thing is that I paid a lot in points to buy down my rate which made the mortgage initially expensive… It will also take a while to refinance (a couple years) so I don't want to wait fully for that option eitherIf my tax rate is 30%, is it right for me to think that the cost of paying interest is ~5% instead of 7%?

My wife and I have been buying, flipping and renting for 15 years.  

I'd rather try to retrain them and keep them then have a turnover right when we buy the property. 

I have expanded one park but purchased 9 overall and I will tell you that you can get a much much better deal buying existing and scaling it.New parks are extremely time-demanding and take a lot of capital.

I'm also looking at the area like the OP (evaluating a potential buy and rent here), but not familiar with conditions on the ground.

But I have had to replace deck steps, hand rail brackets and tighten up one outlet.  

Looking to buy a small condo/house/townhouse for a summer get away for parts of Jun/Jul/Aug.

Is labor usually $30 a board, plus you buy the supplies for them too?

I don't own my own home, so even the home buying process is new to me.

We make buy before you sell loans.