One way to start would be to have someone add your friend as an authorized user on a credit card.

Always happy to help out a fellow user in my market of Cleveland.

The thing about short term is you can usually command much higher rents, however, even just a few days of vacancy can wipe out your profits and I saw large SFHs sit vacant much more often than smaller apartments/condos.

Question related to this; can homes with pools command more rent?  

It seems like people are just hearing those terms and jumping on it .https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/fintech-mircocap-stock-jumps-2-400-after-touting-crypto-linkI am sure most of these companies won't be around forever but I dont think the technology will be going away especially with huge companies researching and implementing it .I was young during the dot com bubble but was following stocks and the market at the time and this feels very similar with these tokens surging so much in price .So far I've only invested a very small amount in ICO , the team seemed very legit and they already have an existing related legit business .Still trying to figure out token distribution and actually being able to trade on the crypto exchanges it's been interesting though .It's not a user friendly experience and there's lots of new terminology and words to learn and different random tools like wallets etc .. but that's kind of what makes it fun too .

Use rent radar, hotpads, and craigslist.......

Luckily the active duty commander ordered a mandatory evac even before the storm changed directions.

I could buy 3 all in sfr for 100k and command $2100 in rent per month ($700 a month per home).

4) What is the best, user/budget-friendly website, that can help me set-up the correct business entity to do this type of business?

Nice properties command a premium price in this market.