Most lenders will go for this, with a copy of your (long term, not tourist) visa or other paperwork demonstrating that you are in the country legally.

It can be a tourist destination where most of the money is high income that spends there but the workers to serve the tourists make lower income averages.

@Gary Chisel you could also consider vacation rentals, that will allow you to rent to seasonal workers for longer stays and tourist at an higher daily rate. 

See the area firsthand - After performing my research and narrowing down my preferred area, my husband and I actually flew out to the city and just played tourist for a few days. 

Second, Kelowna is a huge tourist destination (more so than Kamloops) so when your students are off for the summer you have a huge opportunity to do short term rentals in the summer or there are MANY young people who come for just the summer whether to work of just enjoy the Okanagan summer.2.

I want to buy a long term rental but my area is a tourist destination so the long term rental market is poor.

It's not really a prime tourist destination, more like "hey, lets go to Boone last minute". 

Buy and hold for short-term rentals in a prime area for tourists, Time Square, our client base consisted of upscale tourists, corporate clients, diplomats, the works.

My market gets 13 million tourists per year and has a population of 50,000.

Purchase price: $166,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Located in 4 season tourist town, close to ski resorts, shopping and restaurants.Completely restored with new electric, water heater, flooring and tiles.When the home was purchased it was thought to be only cosmetic changes.The electric was spliced in different areas and a new structural beam was needed.