Or having an established corporation? 

Toledo’s median home list price of $200,000 is less than half the national average while price volatility has been muted compared to the wild fluctuations in much of the country.

if you do not have US citizenship, a green card, or a visa, make sure that if you are seeking financing that you either have a US co-sponsor or your lender can lend to foreign nationals.

@Nick Rutkowski I have not personally but know people who have land contracts and lease the land to large corporations to build to suit.

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There is a solution for Canadians, from NCH out of Nevada to use a regular corporation to hold limited partnerships.

I've gone to some of the free pitches for 1-2 hours before, for some of the national courses, just to see what they say. 

If you are trying to convert a property under and hoa into an str, your job gets even more complicated as the HOA itself may have its own regulations IF it even accepts it at all.caution: STR market is over saturated in these parts and some of them are shuting down and being converted into corporate housing, mid term rentals, or furnished long term rentals.

No big, national, publicly traded banks will do this loan type.

Speaking of networking, I'm currently looking for an attorney & CPA to help with a proper corporate structure for my current situation and plans.