Would adding a layer with a trust ensure I have a layer of liability protection?

You just need to ensure you have a great property mgr and to ensure all your reserves are there above a cash flow for you.

WG, Rich made a great point concerning the "newness" of the RVs and that is a critical area to ensure repeat bussiness, IMO, which was an opinion of an owner.

If your deal passes their sniff test, you WILL be profitable... and they want to ensure that they're not putting you or them in a bad position.

It was necessary to go to the bank the check was written on to ensure that the funds were available for a transaction I was working on.In the past I was able to talk to a personal banker and make these things work, but B of A was going through a change and changed there qualifications for a personal banker.

Find those players, and after that "The rest in heavenly", or is there other things to be done before throwing the ball to the sky?

Or do you put a lot of consideration into the personalities of each individual you rent out to in order to ensure they work out with the other tenants?

Wells Fargo is not an investor friendly bank, nor are any of the national players.  

You'll also want to get to know the players in your market; check out local meet ups and start to get to know people.

But that is just theory, and the IRS would look at the specific facts and circumstances of your deal to ensure there were no violations.