Every unit on the street is less. 

There's too much to learn from a regular deal down the street to add in all those variables.

Focus on addressing safety and structural issues first.Be Open to Compromise: Negotiation is a two-way street.

Here are a few resources that I found valuable when I was learning about the details of investing in mobile home parks:Books: Mobile Home Park 10/20 Investment System by Dave Reynolds, Frank RolfeMobile Home Wealth Part 2: How to Become Even Wealthier investing in Mobile Home Parks by Zalman Velvet, Stuart SilverThe New Investor's Guide to Owning A Mobile Home Park by Laura Cochran, Erin CochranThe 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When Purchasing Their First Park and How To Avoid Them by Charles DeHart and Kevin Bupp (available for free from www.mobilehomeparkacademy.com)Podcasts: The Mobile Home Park Investing Podcast with Kevin Bupp and Charles DeHartMobile Home Park Investors with Jefferson Lilly & Brad JohnsonMobile Home Park Mastery with Frank Rolfe Websites/Blogs: Park Street Partners - http://parkstreetpartners.com - This is the investment firm run by Jefferson Lilly and Brad Johnson.

I asked them why they never respond to my calls and emails about the section 8 people dealing drugs out of the house across the street, with dozens of people living there (every neighbor hates them) but they have time to troll the internet looking for landlords to sign up....Pathetic joke, our government...

Say 209K sales price, rent in market = $1,000offer 210K $500 per month on installment sale (or about that)Look up imputed interest on IRS tables, charge thathttp://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/federalRates...You want to sell benefits to owner maximizing her equity, creating a retirement asset she knows, Some money in Main Street, some in Wall Streetoffer her a quit claim if you do not pay her, held in escrow, with escrow instructions if you defaultThe key here for you is to get a property that is a good quality buy and hold rental, good cash flow, without a banketc.Sales Tip:Compare to Annuity http://www.investopedia.com/university/annuities/Reverse Mortgage http://www.investopedia.com/search/default.aspx?

The guy that owns the rental across the street from me wants to liquidate his 7 properties...all within a mile or so of my house.

I did also find this forum thread through BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/190...I'm loving this "eyes on the street" culture that BP has going on.

As I begun the renovation, I found that the main water line coming from the street had burst and it was on my side so I had to fix it.

Disregard most of the above, its bias on one side of the street or another.The average business exec will move more times in a year than your average teenage girl will change boyfriends.IT personnel move where work takes them, or where the pay raises are.Job history is irrelivant, only employment fact that matters is:A: do they maintain constant employment?