My thought is is use the Rent Ready feature of reporting his payment history to the credit bureau so it can work in his favor as a trade line, but I'm wondering if this is an unnecessary added step since he can already pull transactions on his bank side. 

The business agreement would act similarly if an STR manager fails to pay, but that kind of an agreement may be less familiar than a long-term lease to a long-term lessor.

I'll post updates here in case anyone wants to follow along.We syndicated in the states to fundraise enough for architectural renders, entitlement, legal, and to pay off the land. 1/4 of total funds required have been deposited in our bank account.Convinced a world-class architect to do luxury design for us.

First, when calling banks target the smallest most community based banks you can first.

Talk to a few local banks and get preapproved - the best financing will be for properties you choose to occupy, so I'd recommend getting something with at least two units.

Do you just do a typical loan/mortgage with a bank and use money in your savings account to put a down payment.Just trying to figure out what is the best method to put a down payment.

The minimum down payment for a property in this price range would be roughly $27K.That said, you also need to account for bank closing costs, inspection costs, appraisal, attorney fee, and title costs.Your scenario may require a seller's concession to account for these additional expenses.Investing with $50K is totally possible in this market but your journey may be met by challenges i.e.

There are banks that do non-recourse loans to IRA's, a simple google search should render you some results. 2) If you are still working for the government, you likely can't rollover the TSP to an IRA. 3) When borrowing money with the IRA, you do have a special tax, called UBIT, not a deal breaker, but something to be aware of. 

Next year i'll hit top pay and should start bringing in 1.2-1.3k a week. and the year after that i plan to move to linehaul and make about 2k a week.I do have a lot of debt, or at least it feels like it to me. the breakdown being;23k in college debt i got getting a bachelors that i never used across 5 loans ranging from 3 to 5% interest rate5k in bank loan debt i got getting my trucker cdl a at 12% interest rate.2.5k in credit card debt from not having an emergency fund and then having emergencies.

Wholesaling is a mirage that social media and fake gurus make seem easy when in reality, most fail miserably and spend their money on one month of marketing when everyone knows it takes six to eight months of cross-platform marketing to make stuff happen.My best advice is not to wholesale.