They work on commission the higher the margins , the more they make . 

Depending upon your income level you could potentially pay 39.6% regular income tax on the capital gain at the Federal level, plus another +3.8% Net Investment Income tax at the Federal level, plus another + XX% - what ever your marginal state income tax rate is which could be as high as another 15%+, which is currently itself not deductible at the Federal level.Personally, I think the proposal has a few hurdles to overcome such as what income level the new rate will ultimately kick in at, and what that new rate will ultimately be set at.

I do not see anything wrong with buying now so long as the investor has a significant safety margin to deal with a potential storm.  

Put a layer in the middles so you are not forced to lie.I am not making a big margin on this property so I won't be able to afford a PM.

Knowing sales per sq ft for grocery anchor is key as they often operate on thin margins of just a few percent profit and make it up on volume selling.

Assuming it's newer build it shouldn't have major issues for a while so slimmer margins aren't as bad in the mean time until rents raise with the coming inflation.

How thin the margins generally are. 

Then if you still want to pursue building wealth through MHPs etc, you’ll have a chance to do it when you’ve got some time and financial margin.  

Holding long distance is difficult enough, but getting a big enough margin to make flipping worth it from a distance is a bigger challenge than I would go for.

While the STR idea for snowbirds is appealing, I'm starting to think the amount of money to automate (or hire a property manager) pretty much makes STR's like airbnb makes the margins quite narrow.