It's too important of a role to be done by a moonlighter whose business doesn't rise and fall on it.- Understand what you value . . . do you want to have a phone call from the PM every Friday? 

Usually it takes them weeks to respond and they come up with some crazy stuff like by business is paying for the trip and need to pay with a certified check outside the platform.

Now reality.. unless your using funds from a super successful business.. most most starting out are not sitting on piles of cash or have family offices.. so debt is the only way to get in the game.Also short term debt were your in and out can work.. but it also can bite you in the butt.. look at all the builders that went down in the crash.

Some hotels actually have a condo like structure, where people can own the units, but perhaps are limited on their personal use to only a certain amount of the year - the rest of the year it is in the rental pool managed by the hotel.If numerous room owners stopped paying their bills, you could get tax liens on numerous separately owned units.Hotels are a tough business, an issue I also see come up with them often is that they require refreshes, expensive and relatively often - at least once every 10 years, if not more often. 

As investors (buying a home to live in or to house a business we own is DIFFERENT), 90% of sellers will NOT (at least at the present time) accept an offer that makes sense for the investor.  

A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

Open a business credit card and do your renovations on that (for things that you cannot get financed with a hard money loan).

Just wanted to avoid mixing family and business  

Quote from @Travis Smith: Age 56 and retiring from farming and I’ve been very good at avoiding income taxes with depreciation and business expenses.  

But sure as heck not impossible, it just takes a commitment to learning a very complex detailed facet of business and regulations.