Mobile Home Parks are in limited supply and the barriers to entry as far as costs, regulations and government restrictions make developing new parks unfeasible in most areas.

@Allan Smith I disagree with the basic premise of cash for keys but here's your answer:The security deposit is regulated by state law.

My belief is that the legislature believed that a lease term OVER 1 year constitutes price stability for the consumer/renter, and is therefore not regulated by PC 396.

I believe you meant to write this as a hypothetical situation for future knowledge.2) something no one has yet pointed out - Fair housing regulations ONLY protect official and legal.

https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/PRMD/Regulations/Vacation-and-Hosted-Rentals/Vacation-Rental-Permit/

that's how these play out.the other HUGE red flag is when they say you need to buy insurance to guarantee the payments.. that's why they can do the loans.Well news flash there is NO mortgage insurance for fix and flip loans.. there is only PMI on federally regulated loans  .. period.I had one guy one of my investors who I was humoring .. so I played along.. lender was in the middle east you could tell total scam but then we had to buy this mortgage performance insurance from and insurance company in Thailand  YA right LOL.. 

the 1031 exchange is a specific process with regulations and requirements. 

We are looking to see what laws/regulations are required to be a private lender in the state of Missouri and wondered if anyone had any recommendations of an Attorney to review this with.

@Bjorn AhlbladNot sure why links would be frowned upon - I'd think it has more to do with guarding against ads and conflicts of interest...Anyways, a recent WSJ article was touching on possibility of regulators eliminating human appraisers entirely. 

They have separate rules a regulations.