The removal of risk however will be almost impossible to accomplish as risk sort of goes hand-in-hand with any investment vehicle. 

Commercial Vehicle is needed liability has limitations for loading and unloading.One phone call and I can have an email or fax sent adding an investor as additional insured.

I am not making a good return in these investment vehicles so I'd rather use that money to buy real estate.

If the rent is being paid that makes sense because when the woman applied you must have approved her based on her income alone.I get the license plate numbers of vehicles staying at the property and check to make sure the registration is valid. 

The other is developing financial independence utilizing the best investment vehicle there is - Real Estate.

Diversification - I think people should be invested in both vehicles. 

Of course, I could pull all of that equity and reinvest it into some other vehicle, but for purposes of some principal protection I would really just be exchanging one for the other, since the 3-6% earned in something fairly bulletproof would be little more than a wash from the marginal tax benefit subtracted from closing & interest costs.

Only one vehicle allowed on property and it must always be licensed and operational. 

For purposes of this provision, “the owner’s legal and permanent residence” shall mean a property owner who makes his or her legal residence at the site, as evidenced by voter registration, vehicle registration, or similar means. 

Check out spartan trailers, which in the late 40’s and early 50s were beautiful, aluminum bodied small houses on wheels that could actually be towed with your vehicle and were typically used as housing.