If you want a simpler model that you can more easily self-run, and have far less investor-competition, you may have to reconsider.

Tools that automate these aspects can help ensure your property remains competitive and that guests receive timely and personalized responses.2.

iN THIS COMPETATIVE MARKET I SEE QUITE A FEW FOLKS CHARGING A LOW CLEANING FEE TO NO FEE AT ALL.  TO ME IT SEEMS YOU ARE BUYING A JOB AS A HOUSEKEEPER.  I AM IN A SMALLER MARKET IN GEORGIA AND IN THE PAST YEAR MULTIPL...

If health care is provided on site, asking means you're over your head with the idea.There are different levels of assistance, you can simply rent to an individual you receives day care assistance from outside servicers, then you may have special needs with an onsite live-in who may or may not need special training or licensing, depends on the client, then you can get into nursing activities that require a trained, qualified staff and special building and zoning requirements, such are usually highly political due to several factors, competition, community needs assessments, health program acceptance and specialties of care.

It should be noted that if your buying REO's in a competitive market (say Cleveland Ohio) there will be multiple offers and the bank is going to ignore any of them that are contingent on an inspection.

But it was only a fraction of my education, most of which happened because I was working while in school.

@Andrew Fingado You can find solid cash flow in Gainesville, but its a very competitive market for multifamilies.  

Would this not be an attempt by the community owner to restrict competition in the sale of ones manufactured home?

The first thing you should do if you want to invest out-of-state is to see where you might have a competitive advantage.Make a list of every place you ever lived and where all of your closest family and friends (the ones you trust) live and then compare metrics on those towns.

This keeps the competition away and the returns higher.