@Shelby Ek Do you need to activate the utilities in order to qualify for the loan you are getting?

It will show the rent amounts, who pays utilities and expenses they know annually.

If you have high holding costs (financing, taxes, insurance, utilities, etc.) the longer you are holding the less money that you are makingSelling profitably - How long will it take to sell?

Easier to predict expenses - typically no major repairs unless from association3.

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- Design language (this has differentiated my home in Massachusetts though tastes differ and not all markets are as high earning as Mass)- Do you typically work with the same contractors, electricians, etc or have a network?

Add to that the fact that private financing typically involves way less bureaucracy, with reduced paperwork and fewer hoops to jump through.

Typically, the mobile home funds can achieve very attractive COC, a somewhat recession resistant business model, decent upside as well.  

Another benefit: three friends renting together typically need their own policies.

Yes I understand what you are noting, and I believe on the commercial side of things they are typically not putting their names on the docs like you do for a resi loan but just brokering/underwriting it and collecting a fee as a 1099.