Then you have ongoing costs like mortgage payments, property maintenance, and property taxes.This article provides a thorough overview of how much money you need to start your real estate investor journey.

These articles literally pop up weekly and those of us who live here laugh as most zip codes have population growth every year. 

They used to issue glossy brochures as inserts to real estate magazines, which were actually very light on articles and very heavy on insert ads.  

Here are a few of the old threads, to get you started (and probably more confused).https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1164339-what-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1177752-capital-gains-on-partial-releasehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1200256-tax-implications-of-holding-period-for-property-flip-in-floridahttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1184208-self-employment-or-long-term-investment-income

Here are some BP topics on this: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/topics?

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/925/topics/1080912-is-m...Also you can contact Property Management Companies which Manage MTRs in the states that you are interested in and they can be of help, also local realtors who are investor friendly and know the lay of the land.Example  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/925/topics/1129689-mtr-...

Here's an article: https://www.adatitleiii.com/2018/01/new-york-passes-law-agai...Here's how I would approach it.

Links to your three other posts on this same topic so readers can see what's already been discussed:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/551577-backyard-homes-produced-in-chinahttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/617/topics/551580-china-built-backyard-homes-socalhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/537480-tiny-homes-produced-in-chinaThis sort of house is an interest of mine, though I'm more interested in building them on-site with a 3D printer and local materials.  

Here is a link from an older post on the same subject with some options.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/262681-rent-recovery-serviceIt would be good to get a collection on the persons credit report to help the next landlord even if there is no $$ recovered.

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