I was beating everyone up on my last house because I had a team of guys ready to tear it apart and put it back together and they wanted me to wait andextra week.  

Yes we do have a commercial team that is very knowledgable about commercial insurance, if you provide me your phone number or email id be happy get the new business team to contact you for a quote or address any questions you might have!

Teaming up with a good Commercial PM (@Joel Owens   comes to mind), I am sure he will appreciate the 'hands off' returns.

I could get 2%, but its a part of town that you need the swat team to go into after dark.  

Large renovations are better left to those that have plenty of experience with and a set team of contractors and repair men already that they are familiar with and trust in doing the work and staying within the budgets you set.

We, as well as our wives, have recently stepped up our efforts in our real estate investing education, and look forward to making our first deal as a team.

You will get incredible knowledge on how to research, identify, build your team and learn each area's specific challenges - for example cracked slabs in San Diego, Foundation issues in Texas, Termites in Atlanta, etc.As far as wholesaling, the quick answer is to pay a local wholesaler to bring you a cash buyer.  

Should I have funding in place first along with a team prior to starting..

As long as the broker has customers like these there is no incentive to take a chance on a new buyer with no track record of closing.If you are looking to create a relationship with an MHP broker I would suggest calling up the most junior broker on the team and meeting with him/her.  

The support team is awesome and very responsive.