It would be best to befriend a local contractor or even help one out on a job to see any differences from your past eight years doing it in another country.

I do not have a traditional W2 job so I can't pursue the typical conventional loan or a FHA since I don't have income (hence the DSCR route).However, I've seen that most DSCR lenders do not lend if the loan amount is less than $100K.

Basements are very common in this market.

On the OR Coast the regulations have grown 10X in the past 5 years, but there is still significant opportunity, particularly for initial owner/operators. 20%+ CoC is still quite common for premium Coastal STR's. 

I don’t know, if you just want a job I guess arbitrage could work.  

But day trading is a job at best and a nightmare at worst. 

By no means am I a millionaire or did I get rich quick and quit my day job right away.

Do you hate your job or hate your employer?

It saddens me to see millions of people strapped to their jobs, trying to protect their holy grail 401K, until they are 60, and then start taking their "distributions", having a couple of decades left to live.

Findlay is a real oppotunity beause you’ve got a combination of stable job sources, a decent population size, and often lower acquisition costs compared to bigger metros.About choosing an agent..