I live in the US full-time and visit a couple times a year. 

That is, buy one home in city X (where I don't live), live in it a couple of months let it be an STR the rest of the time and then the next year (or in two years) repeat again in the same city. 

I am betting you didn't put this (or the other ones) home on the market to then become the bank for someone who only has a couple thousand down and no credit instead of selling to a verified buyer, right?

It has been a couple of years.

You may want to get a couple of quotes.Best of luck to you!

I know there is a huge shortage of housing and that has driven up price in the past couple years (along with other factors such as the pandemic, population growth, etc) so, I see listings for 2br-1bth for up to 2200 on places like Zillow, Redfin, etc.  

The property has done quite well and has appreciated nicely over the last couple of years as I’ve gone through and improved things unit by unit.

Quote from @William A Colas: Hey guys, been lurking on BP for a couple years.

I had it appraised a couple years later and it appraised again as a 4 unit. 

International Students are moving because they claim they cannot afford it, coupled with tuition fees.