Between due diligence, rezoning (if applicable), site plan approval, construction drawing approval, offsite easements, permits, etc. it is a lengthy and expensive proposition.

The reason I mention this is that about 80% of startup businesses fail each year.Many dream of opening a business but have never ran one day to day so the ideals they have of what they think it will be do not usually match up to the realities.It's a great idea for anyone wanting to start up a business to shadow an existing owner in the field to see if it is really what they want to do.  

Does the site have access to electrical power, natural gas, town water or sewer?

The seller should have evicted when the tenant failed to pay last month's rent or vacate.

@Jeffrey H. ok so here is the numbers from the OM that the broker furnished to me: ESTIMATED LENDER ACQUISITION COST:List price: $1,175,000 ( @ 28 units = $41,964 per site)Buyer requesting Down Payment of 30% = $352,500Projected Lender Financing: $792,500 @ 5% FIXED 30 year AMORT with a 10 year DUEINCOME, EXPENSES & CASH FLOW:Actual 2016 Gross: $212,752Actual 2016 Expenses: $95,915 (45%)Actual 2016 NOI: $116,837Projected Lender Debt Service: $57,494Projected Net Cash Flow: $59,343FINANCIAL INDICATORS:Cap Rate: 9.16%Projected Total Cash Return: 18.96%PROPERTY DETAILS:All age park28 Homesites# of Park Owned Homes: 28 (100%)Occupancy: 100%Utility Reimbursements: NO2016 INCOME AND EXPENSE ANALYSIS:Total Net Rent: $212,752Total Operating Income: 212,752Real Estate Taxes: 4,054Property Insurance: 5,524Utilities ( all lumped into one total, broker and/or seller did not offer it broken down individually ..yet): 30,658 Payroll & Benefits: 26,225Maintenance & Repairs: 2,058Administrative/ Office: $26,668Advertising & Promotion: 728Total Operating Expenses (45%): $95,915--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Net Operating Income: $116,837The screen shot copy of the rent roll excel sheet i am waiting on further explanation from broker in order to determine how to interpret all the acronyms that the seller put in it so i can begin to figure out the rent roll for that month.

@Kurt Jonesok so here is the numbers from the OM that the broker furnished to me: ESTIMATED LENDER ACQUISITION COST:List price: $1,175,000 ( @ 28 units = $41,964 per site)Buyer requesting Down Payment of 30% = $352,500Projected Lender Financing: $792,500 @ 5% FIXED 30 year AMORT with a 10 year DUEINCOME, EXPENSES & CASH FLOW:Actual 2016 Gross: $212,752Actual 2016 Expenses: $95,915 (45%)Actual 2016 NOI: $116,837Projected Lender Debt Service: $57,494Projected Net Cash Flow: $59,343FINANCIAL INDICATORS:Cap Rate: 9.16%Projected Total Cash Return: 18.96%PROPERTY DETAILS:All age park28 Homesites# of Park Owned Homes: 28 (100%)Occupancy: 100%Utility Reimbursements: NO2016 INCOME AND EXPENSE ANALYSIS:Total Net Rent: $212,752Total Operating Income: 212,752Real Estate Taxes: 4,054Property Insurance: 5,524Utilities ( all lumped into one total, broker and/or seller did not offer it broken down individually ..yet): 30,658 Payroll & Benefits: 26,225Maintenance & Repairs: 2,058Administrative/ Office: $26,668Advertising & Promotion: 728Total Operating Expenses (45%): $95,915--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Net Operating Income: $116,837The screen shot copy of the rent roll excel sheet i am waiting on further explanation from broker in order to determine how to interpret all the acronyms that the seller put in it so i can begin to figure out the rent roll for that month.

I have been a free member for about 3 years and being bedridden has allowed much time to learn and this site, YouTube, and all the free webinars off of my email have provided me with about all I needed. 

- Carl Welcome to the site Carl.

The inspection I had them do about a month ago was on a Triplex, which changed the price as there they charge a different fee per unit.When I had the Structural Engineer come out, he was on-site the same day as the Inspection guy was. 

Most other "auction" sites are just middle men that market the home and those homes can usually be found on the MLS too.