Real estate professional (for this posts sake) simply makes rental activity active, so you can use the losses there to offset other active income. 

They will often want a new building constructed and building today with labor and materials is very expensive versus retrofitting existing building.When I buy value add vacant buildings the goal is to double the return on investment within a 3 year period.So if I can use the existing building and retrofit to same concept ( example previous burger inc. but now Whataburger wants to come in ) then not as much tenant improvements to convert.So if rent 20 a foot for 5,000 ft that is 100k NOI NNN a year. 7 cap value is about a 1,400,000 stabilized valueSo if I buy it for 400k and have 300k in it more 700k to get new tenant in the value is then around 1,400,000 based on NNN 20 a foot and a 7 cap rate exit value.If you want a premium price then you would need to sell to an end user tenant ( regional or national in nature) that wants to buy the building and put their concept in there.

I addressed that oversight yesterday at the bottom of the post you replied to.

I am posting this in hopes to connect with those who have some experience with mobile home flips.

@Nadir M. many PMCs post samples of the management contracts on their websites.So, you can download a bunch, sort through them and then cut & paste what works for you.You will still NEED to have an experienced real estate attorney review for final approval to make sure its compliant with state and local statutes. 

@Gabrielle Getts- thanks for the post ....the VA loan is a valuable tool for homebuyers and its great you  recognize this and  want to get educated on the topic !

I asked this specific question in this post and 2 accountants weighed in on the issue.

Account Closed You asked at the start of this post "do I need a property manager?"

There's a similar trend I noticed in Lehigh acres florida. there was a miami based builder who came in earlier this year / late last year and built 5 modern homes. all 5 sold and set record prices for the area for single family homes. it's not that newark calls for this or any infill lot in columbus it's how can I deliver a premium product that will sell regardless of location. something with features that people want. 

Good day all,Thanks for taking the time to read this post!