Seems to me the $315,000 in equity if I never made a single payment (worst case scenario) would be compensation enough for having two mobile homes removed and a single individual (me) to evict. 

Find someone who has worked with the hml you're currently speaking with, and ask that individual how their experience was.

It's really a matter of risk/reward.

“Rich people analyze reward.

I’m doing the math and it seems to a lot of risk for not that much reward.

It was all cash and I pay my "mortgage" to that individual but own it outright.

This is the mentality of people being created by rewarding these behaviors, she was convinced I would lie to the next landlord so as not to jeopardize her leaving my property peacefully, she was convinced enough to use me as a reference believing I would pass the buck down the road and screw the next person by giving her a good reference.

I just moved to the High Desert with my family from LA and I want to see if there's any active and like minded individuals in the HD

Like the other individuals mentioned, Yes you want to offer them some type of value.

So yes, all can be done, just higher risk and potentially higher reward.