They look to the source of funding or consideration given as to who may be acting as a lender.You are not a "private lender" when you are in the business of lending, any business entity acting as a lender will be an issue as to "being in the business of" an activity, that also backfires if you advertise publicly, or offer an extension of credit.This is all assuming you are financing to an owner occupant that is a covered consumer financing transaction under Dodd-Frank and the SAFE Act.

Itemizing any rehab is time consuming.

I do loans for consumers to purchase new contruction.

@Ned J.Something to keep in mind is ceramic is also Very time consuming and expensive to remove

In fact there are several nuances in Manufactured Housing at the retail/consumer end of the market and it varies from state to state and in your case Country to Country.The Buzz Word you are looking for and I always mention when discussing the MH Industry, especially Mobile and Manufactured Home Park Communities rental niche.

There is also http://www.pacer.gov, REI Blacklist on facebook, ripoffreport, better business bureau, consumer affairs, etc. 

Making trips to the US to meet with local teams is expensive and time consuming and in most cases, overseas investors won't do it (just think about the impact on your ROI by traveling to the US for just a week).

The consumer MLS site in Sacramento is metrolistpro.com.They have a "recently sold" search function which gives the selling price.

I'll pay that all day, finding a good tenant is a time consuming process and I'd rather leverage the time to grow my business elsewhere. 

As for real estate investing, or any other real estate 'sector', bots can be great at providing information to the consumer, such as market analysis an example you mentioned.