I am looking at a prospective out of state long distance deal that has been difficult to obtain lending on as there is both a regular home and mobile home on the same property and the mobile home causes the potential investment to not meet conventional guidelines and therefore not even DSCR loans are an option.

HEY !!
where do you find your most bookings outside of Airbnb, Vrbo, booking.com?

For the Canada to US issue, reach out to Daniel Foch who co-hosts the Canadian Real Estate Investor show with Nick Hill.But this statement - "first small deal and get some positive cash flow" - is troubling because you may get enticed into a cash flow market with this thinking.

I return to the site regularly for easy access to state statutes and new features that are added.

I think hospitality, and unfortunately the majority of the STR market is hosts who don't.

Maybe its only some areas or hosts? 

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Kathy is a regular host on BiggerPockets Podcast, On The Market so you may have heard of her.

When switching over insurance,do I provide the lender with a STR/Landlord policy or do I purchase regular home insurance to send to lender and STR/ Landlord policy for my protection.

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice for any person, or any agent or employee of such person:To refuse to consider as a valid source of income any public assistance, alimony, or child support, awarded by a court, when that source can be verified as to its amount, length of time received, regularity, or receipt because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, familial status, or handicap;"https://www.ok.gov/OREC/documents/CompleteDiscrimI...It is illegal in Oklahoma to discriminate against an applicant because their income is from public assistance.