If you are worried about transition from Canada to US you can use a DSCR loan program. 

Also, you can possibly take equity out of your current properties instead of taking out a construction/hard money loans.Purchase and Rehab Financing:If you are doing simple purchase and rehab (not ground up), then it's not that hard to qualify and you just need to right broker/program.

To me all of those programs seem way overpriced for what you actually get out of them. 

anyone have any experience with Walter Wofford and his short term rental education programs?

There are programs to find solds so that would be a good idea but an agent can pull directly from the MLS.

**Tenant Screening**: The Section 8 program will cover a tenant's rent, but that doesn’t mean you should skip tenant screening.

I tried FB ads, and got some inquiries but no bookings.It would be nice to have an AI program that would respond to people looking for a certain sized property in your location for certain dates.

I am looking to join a mentorship program to help lower my learning curve and until I find it, I am educating myself with books, as well as YouTube University and great advice from the BiggerPockets community.I do work full-time in a career that I love and is very rewarding, but I also know I won't attain my goals with my current job.

This is true whether those clients were on the optional recordkeeping program or not.I don't have a lot of details and am not personally involved in this program in any way, but I have experience with SEPiraK separately and they are a quality operation.You can reach out to info at sepirak dot com to learn more. 

No one is perfect though in RE if your doing volume your going to have a few that are bummers but at least in our program there is control.. not this feeling of helplessness when you hand your money over to a syndicate and they go dark your totally out of control of your funds..