Forget the course and put that money on a quality vacation short-term rental.  

With your strong credit score, high income, and solid investment portfolio, you are in a great position to secure financing for an investment property in the U.S., and as they've mentioned above DSCR is something you might want to look at.

Hey Jadan,Here are some high level thoughts:1.

Most agency loans will expressly forbid such an arrangement, so if they found out, the odds of having the loan called would be very high. 

. - The people that are monetized on actually closing deals are all saying this thing is highly implausible. 

Those seem very high estimates ^.

In fact the demand is stronger than I've ever seen it, though prices are high.

all materials, all labor costs to others, Not you, utilities, interest payments, permits, licenses, auto/truck expenses, tools needed are all deductable. 

Option 2 is high risk, as financing may be tough on your situation.

Normal mortgage rates are in the high 6's now, for a personal residence, and higher for an investment property.