Honestly, if it's about money, you are better off to convert to a modern roof and gutter system.

If it's vacant, we'll walk around it and peek into any parts we can see, look under the crawl space and so forth.

Natural gas is cleaner, easier when renting or selling and requires less space.

Get a solid home, good bones, CHA, clean and modern.

Throughout this time, I have been thinking a lot and researching about whether it would make sense to continue spending the time renovating, or if I should buy refurbished, or if I should even look to purchase new.For those who are experienced in this space, I was wondering if anyone has ever done a financial case study to see if manually building a HUD code approved mobile home (via Home Depot materials) could potentially be cheaper than purchasing new?  

I can't weigh in on that at all, just share information I found from a company that operates in this space.

We have a team in place that is awesome we just need to get with the modern tools to make this a little easier.

A newly acquired building has storage units for each apartment unit in the basement. (12 units)  There is little to no mention of these spaces in existing rental agreements (from prior owner).

I am branching out from single family investing into the large multifamily space in the Austin- San Antonio, TX MSA's area.

Perhaps if you buy a multi with a smaller and a bigger unit mix, you can first occupy the small unit, then move to the bigger unit if you need more space, then ultimately move outward and upward when the time is right.