Pretend to be a renter and secretly shop the competition. 

REITS that own shopping malls or sky-scraper office buildings are effectively the walking dead and many will not survive. 

Why are you shopping for property in Akron, Ohio?

I have a client whom I am designing a modular home and he has been shopping around for loans.

I am currently under contract on a property that has 2 duplexes (4 units) and shop buildings on it.

My thought was to rent it as a mid term rental on Airbnb and vrbo etc because it’s in a desirable residential neighborhood walkable to schools and shopping. 

Certainly there are a lot more hoops to jump through disclosure wise and HR generally frowns on it fin some cases.Brokers at entrepreneurial shops (usually a local company that is privately owned or by a few partners) typically buy deals themselves a lot more.

I recommend @Yonah Weiss to all of my Short Term Shop clients.  

I also run a business out of the property so need to continue to live in the house in order to be allowed to run the business out of the shop in the property. 

Shop around.If you have more than one financial account titled to the LLC, you can move funds freely between them.