I recommend identifying your financial goals first. 

Have you identified a property? 

I also understand that some cash buyers, unlike many of those motivated by greed, are honest and knowledgeable, however I find it difficult to identify them.

The GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both allow the use of foreign income under certain circumstances.In the personal tax returns provided by a borrower, you may see an IRS Form 2555, which identifies the foreign earned income.

The mold remediation companies should have the skills to identify the source, suggest a solution, and give you a bid with a guarantee of their work.

Quote from @Rene Hosman: @Austin Wolff recently went through this process of identifying markets to purchase in and he goes over his thought process in this episode on the Rookie podcast about how he used the MarketFinder here on BiggerPockets to find markets that met his criteria Podcast: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-473MarketFinder: https://www.biggerpockets.com/marketsI specifically only focused on 2 markets (Indianapolis and Fayetteville, AR) before I found a deal using the BP "deal finder."

Identify what makes your property stand out and use it as your hook to attract guests.The guest experience is something that always deserves your full attention.

They’ll help you identify the right areas, run the numbers, manage renovations, and handle leasing.Focus on neighborhoods with strong rental demand and properties that are undervalued / in need of manageable rehab.

For this particular property, LTR GRM would likely be 21x - 23x; if Rabbu's average is correct, the GRM would be 16x - 18x for the target (approximately 6% cash on cash) so I'm trying to identify if that's in line with the area returns.

Given all your data on historic pricing, average length of stay, and pricing at the 25th percentile, please let us know if you're able to push up the VRBO chain to speak to a Supervisor (or equivalent) and have them verify the data that supports your position.I can share that calling the VRBO support line: 877-202-4291, identifying yourself & property ID, and requesting a Supervisor politely and repeatedly, can lead to different outcomes.