Your landlord sounds like a flake, a self-managing hobby landlord who hasn't realized he shouldn't be self-managing if he can't shut his stupid hole when the chips are down and not make empty threats.

Make sure that you include a reasonable vacancy rate and management fee as your time should not be free in this. 

Don't call a property owner and tout that you have a degree and it qualifies you to manage their property.

I would prefer to buy something local to the Longmont CO area, but there are limited options, so I am open to out of state investing, but concerned about managing it.

The model for renting RVs/THs is there but your expenses go way up b/c of management and maintenance on the homes.For our business model, we will be placing two homes on a lot with a big view as vacation rentals (more of duplex than single TH).  

Taylor Harrell does an excellent job up there in Property Management and runs the gift shop. 

I am working on that now and have already booked a hotel and will be meeting onsite with a property manager on Tuesday.  

I was advised that if I want to separate the management from the property, the managing entity should be an incorporated.

We are investors, agents, and property managers.

We are wondering how we could best maximize our return on the property- either by partnering with a developer to eventually share returns or hiring a developer/general contractor/house builder ourselves and managing the project ourselves.