I wouldn’t personally recommend it, as office vacancy rates are currently quite high.

I recommend searching "arbitrage" here and reading any/all of the hundreds of general threads about negative elements of arbitrage.

@Anthony Saheed I would advise you to be very careful to recommend people to speculate in volatile real estate markets.

3) Any specific states you recommend to set up any of these (Not sure where I'll be purchasing property yet, maybe Detroit, maybe Cleavland, maybe Augusta, maybe Des Moines, maybe Saint Cloud, maybe Memphis...)4) I already have a LLC based in Hong Kong (We call them limited companies, but the principle is the same).

Left me feeling like a basically have a retail/fulfillment person on my team so I'm a big fan and would recommend giving them a shot, especially if you're in a similar position as I was: Needing to furnish an STR quickly and cost-efficiently. 

I guess to get a definite answer I'll have to cold call to get see if all these people are behind on their payment or it's just a standard practice behind some salesmen!

Quote from @Russell Brazil: @Wale Lawal is the top investor agent in Houston @Russell Brazil Thank you for the recommendation. 

Or are there other methods you’d recommend that could align better with my goals?

I recommend starting with turnkey multifamily 2-4 units if you're a beginner.

I wouldn't recommend it for a number of reasons.