@Jaycee Greene I agree.

Soon after I built the car wash, I was evicted from my leased space where I waxed and cleaned cars. 

Turning your little green houses in to large red hotels.

@Jonathan Greene I'm not sure what you mean by "most will not cash flow as an out-of-country investor" as it might suggest that the cash-flow of a given property has something to do with the nationality or residence of the owner but, in any case, you're absolutely correct that, historically, the net rental yields of LTRs in US cash-flow markets like the Mid-West have been typically higher than in the average European market, although that wouldn't be the case for many other US markets like California or New York.

Take a look at Personal Property versus Real property coverage, plus clean up costs to make sure your covered.I would also look at covering your project from the Subcontractors. 

Now that I have the proven experience, and proven numbers of this working I want to leverage the experience I have in some way friends have recommended creating some form of course but I think I'm too green for that haha I need to buy a home for STR first before I contemplate that.

With the exception of 1 bedroom units, you basically have 2 options:-Oversized/commercial machines (potentially multiple sets)-Off site cleaning with clean spares on siteThe latter is almost always the most efficient and basically what hotels do at scale.

The current owner bought it for $30K and I know they had to clean up a lot of title work and started doing repairs. 

It's not just about slapping a price tag on stuff; it's about effective communication and making sure you get those green bills in your hands.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Use an app like DealMachine or Propstream.