An associate of mine charges 7% and she doesn't negotiate much.  

Further, you must know what the lender considers a viable deal - and be willing to pay for the appraisals and exploratory costs associated with your first deal with most lenders.

., its not a dollar amount issue, it costs the seller allot more to hold the property/risk associated then the value. you could probably offer a box of chickens and close on the house (seller would probably get the better deal in that situation). lots of houses in my area and many others sell for less then $10k. havent seen one that I would touch  with a 10' stick even if they were free, similar to Detroit, a free house isnt free. in most cases it would be cheaper to buy a 30k house then it would be to buy a 1k house if that makes any sense. 

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I was thinking of online brokerage like Premier Realty Associates and others.

If it's not a recent conversion, you need to check your docs and figure out what the association is responsible for and what the unit owners are responsible for.  

It could work as there a number of associations that publish current bench mark costs available via the web.

In fact, it may help your debt-to-income ratio if the cash flow is strong enough.Without boring you with how banks underwrite rental properties, the rents that you receive should roughly offset the expenses associated with that property.

Having said that, mobile home parks tend to have some of the higher cap rates used for any asset class, primarily because of the stigma that is associated with them.

Association fees are minimal.