But am wondering if that hurts my ability to scale down the road or if my company would be viewed different versus having a more generic company name. 

. *** Unless it's a manufactured home...then you need a 60 day notice.

One thing I know, if you can break into the San Diego market, you've increased your scale and potential for ROI. 

You may want to contact your local manufactured home association to see if they have the forms available.

From an operational perspective you'll get much better economy of scales with the larger property from staffing (as you alluded) and from purchasing.

I own 9 units so far that I purchased traditionally- but now I want to try and scale fast.

I work at a tractor manufacturing company here with great benefits, (100% covered health insurance), small pension, 401k w/ company match.I have researched a lot and am interested mostly in buy and hold investing in single family or small multi-unit homes.

The investment has to have the scale and size to stand on it's own infrastructure without my daily involvements or filling in under emergency situations while still meeting my profit goals.

I've been doing smaller scale mailings (~500) myself, but I believe my value lies in things other than stuffing and licking envelopes.

If demand for products continue to go down, but costs to produce go up, manufacturers will go out of business, reducing supply.