TL;DR: Check your local HOA laws, seems high risk maneuver if STR is a necessity to make it a viable deal.

I had a 1080p on a 1-story and the 4K blows it away and the 4K is a necessity if it's a 2 story as you'll have some of the cameras installed higher up. 

The areas of housing with the most volatility during a recession is land on STR because they are not necessities.

There is an opportunity by necessity to shift perspective from potential buyer, to investor or lender with lower risk, more efficient usages of capital and considerable strategic and investment advantages for all related parties.If any individual or institutional investors with private lending or mortgage experience have suggestions on how to begin or grow a small boutique private lending organization, I'd imagine there are many Oregonian property owners and investors that are awaiting your expertise or example.

Architect A estimated I would need to pay $10K-$15K for civil engineering services for a 2 story ADU on a flat lot in Los Angeles.They say it is for grading and low impact development/stormwater management).Architect ...

I am really looking for decent cashflow, as a necessity for the investment property I want; so I want to know if I am looking at this all wrong. 

That always helps along with a stable job that allows more than necessities.

You don't have to house hack to be an investor and it doesn't make sense to do it with that many people unless it was a necessity.

I am doing this both as a necessity as I cant living in the US year round and also to own a business rather than a full time job.I would like to know who had done this before and what is the process to recruit/find candidates and how to set systems in place to over see him and have them to then follow a specific operating process and procedures.

You are totally right about the roof; it's a basic necessity and tenants won't care about a new roof as long as it works properly.