One of the difficulties is that I am continually looking in new markets where I am unfamiliar and could really use a local expert to make the process smoother.

So I called my mortgage broker and I'm having difficulties with an FHA because I'm self employed and have only been employed for 1 year and only have 1 year of tax returns(I was a student prior).

Are you or anyone you know having difficulty finding quality tenants willing to move into your units? 

you can expect having difficulty in communicating. 

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As you could imagine, that makes finding a rental that would be cash flowing pretty difficult. I

What kind of real estate are you interested in?Hal

There are certainly enough parks throughout the states I mentioned that meet the minimum 50 to 60 lot threshold to build a sufficient database, but the difficulty I am having is due to the way these parks are valued-- some 40 lot parks trade for $1M+ and some 100 lot parks only trade for a few hundred thousand.

If you do it will only be a duplex, but IMO very difficult.. I

This is a really good string as it shows the difficulty in actually assessing a vacancy rate and even defining what it means.