The beauty of personal finance is it's all personal :) If leverage works for you, awesome!

If your tenant starts a kitchen fire and the insurance provider finds out it was a rental, they will deny your claim.Landlord insurance still covers the property, but won't cover your personal belongings since you live elsewhere.

Some areas are higher end for personal use while others are primarily for short term rentals.

Like Jonathan said, in-person meetings with other investors is the best place.

Admittedly, they seem a bit sketchy,My question would be, for a person such as my self, how does one go about vetting these syndicates?  

@Zach Howard there are a few loan types here in the states for foreign nationals, some that require personal income verification and others that do not.

Maytag and Whirlpool are good imo.I personally also avoid ice makers and water dispensers.

Management fees are steep, you're competing w/ bigger operators as well as mom & pop places - it's hard to get the personalized care needed, in my opinion, to be successful. 

The setup felt like a personal connection all in pursuit of getting your business.  90% of it was done by AI and the other 10% came when a live rep was available.

I think a big catalyst this year across all areas of real estate will be the unemployment rate and personal income growth within the Kansas City metropolitan areas and surrounding cities.