Mobile homes can be cheaper, but they might not appreciate in value like a regular house would.

just be sure your property's numbers also work if you have to go to regular long term rentals. always have a plan b!

I do have current bank statements that show regular deposits of $5K/month.

In many cases that broker/agent for residential is living off the 50,100 bucks etc. that property is providing them in monthly fees and then as soon as a regular sale where they can make thousands or more comes along then they hardly give any time to your property. 

Commercial tractor for lawns, and two regular toro lawn mowers.

Just cross out the parts of the new lease you don't agree with and sign and initial and date next to it.Have all tenants over 18 sign just like you did.In fact I would print name,sign name,initial and date for each area crossed out if you want to be ultra cautious.The landlord will have to agree,come back with a compromise,or get you out.They will have lost rent and reconditioning cost.So if you pay on time most likely they will not want to lose you over this.The fact that they overpaid for the house and are having a hard time covering the mortgage is NOT your problem as a tenant.You didn't hold their hand to the papers they signed at closing.Sounds like they put a bad tenant in and they trashed the place.You came along and the landlord barely had money to fix things.So see if they will keep the regular lease in place and don't get onto them too bad for too many more repairs.It sounds like they are headed to foreclosure or close to it as it is.no legal advice

I plan to attend the meetings regularly, I looked around and didn't see that there was much else going on in this area as far as meet ups go.

This did include the handles and locks - regular lock and deadbolt.

A hard money loan is a type of loan used by people who want to buy houses but can't get regular loans.

What is the extra time spent coordinating with Section 8 case workers and following through payments etc specifically for Section 8 tenants as compared to regular tenant paying the rent completely out of their pocket.I want to see the difference in time spent to work due to being Section 8 tenant.Thanks in advance @Eric Lightkep!