is it better to go with the low pile carpet since it's easier to clean? 

My biggest advice is to start investing where you have a good network of people you know like and trust...this especially holds true if you will be investing out of state.While it's not impossible to go straight to the commerical I personally found it easier to start in the residential world and then make my way over to commerical multi-family. 

In the Tahoe area, some HOAs have a high percentage of STRs, making it easier to invest in those complexes.

If in their country they have a foreign branch of a US bank that might make things easier, for example if they can walk into a Citibank branch or a JP Morgan branch in their country, sometimes that can facilitate things. 

The other two things can be faked much easier than a driver's license.

Do you find it’s easier or harder to close deals this time of year?

4) Would It be easier to borrow that money knowing that I am trying to provide affordable housing in the governments eyes?

I find it easier to manage things.

Most traditional RE Agents don't have a list like that.If anyone interested, i can expand how it becomes easier once you have your license.

I’m starting with just 1 listing but plan to recruit neighbors in my beach market to list on my custom website tailored to our community / market so I hope to be at 10+ listings soon even though I only own & operate 1 right now.Guesty’s pricing did not appear to be competitive and for someone starting with fewer than 4 units but planning to scale up behind that, Guesty does not offer a migration path from their “for hosts” product to their “for pros” version - it would have been a complete redo on setting everything up.