I was doing research on "Los Angeles alternative cities" and Miami came up a lot.

Alternatively, as several have suggested here, in the meantime I highly recommend you list it as an MTR--32+ days.

Consulting with an immigration attorney is essential to navigate this process correctly.There are plenty of alternative ways to start investing that take very little work.

Alternatively you may determine it’s best to hold.

But what if you purchase with alternate financing (sub to, assumable (look at VA but requires OO), owner financing, etc) and only did buy, rehab, rent, and repeat (one less R - more precisely not a refi but maybe use 2nd or heloc)?

Unless a guest smokes regularly or heavily, our ventilation and air filtration is such that our cleaners have not yet alerted us to undeniable smoking, etc.Would love to hear what others use and their experiences with Minut as well (since in part, I went with Minut based on what I read here about the other alternative- NoiseAware).

As a lender, that is a much safer business decision than offering you a 5% interest rate mortgage, with zero equity.

The two most common alternatives that our clients will use are1.

I live in Los Angeles my whole life so for my first investment it makes me feel more at ease to know that I'll be near by my property i.e. knowing all the good and bad neighborhoods makes me feel safer investing my savings. 

Better than the alternative of having a line of credit at 12%, the 2-3% hit in spread is lower than a 5% increase in cost of capital in my opinion.