I was hoping to use REI to fix my situation.

Are you saying you sometimes pay your plumber to fix broken toilet for your tenants from same account you buy your groceries? 

Make relationships with the park, letting them know that we want to partner with them to keep their occupancy up and make their park look better by buying and fixing up their ****** unperforming homes.

You will almost always have some cost to fix the wear and tear. 

and how she is going to talk to each tenant about their lease and fix things up, etc, I just know from experience with working with my property manager that all he would do is put it on the MLS without any marketing (in fact, that is what he said on the phone) and I know for a fact he cannot offer me what she can .  

But then again, my trucks are 'beater' work trucks and have fixed functions... diesel tanks on one and just under commercial weight limits (25999) on the other... 

I had a fix/flip in Barstow,  I own a three unit in Lake Elsinore, and I was the private lender on a handful of properties in Barstow, San Jacinto, Hemet, and Blythe.  

If so contact yout broker and fix it.

Fix and Flip?

Would it be smart to do a HELOC on some of my rental properties, and just pay for the house that way, fix it up and then refinance it on a 15 or 30-year conventional loan?