As of now, my general plan is to find a local realtor online who is experienced with real estate investing (and has investment properties of their own) to help me find a good local deal (goal is 20-25% return on ARV), get a hard money loan, aiming to rehab/repair/extend the property with my father (both have construction experience) within 4-5 months, and as for the loan exit strategy either sell or rent (depending on the deal). 

There are books and podcasts that you can review that will help.

The contact is usually brand new to ABB, have no reviews, and the message is likely translated.

ha ha true--- Loophole is just a more fun word to use and used by my CPA- I think it draws more attention than "IRA Rules" thats just too boring :)I hear ya but in this context, it would mean that it could be closed at any time because it was unintentional and could be under review one day.

This one is different as it uses wood slats instead of the metal wires but all the reviews are pretty positive.The only issue I would guess is dust collection on the fabric headboard.

Professional scam artist, who had zero reviews on Airbnb. 

Best way to start looking into this is checking comps on Airbnb, look for 30 day min listings and see how they're priced, who's booking (by checking reviews), how the best performing MTRs are set up.Start ups costs are very similar to STRs.

Maybe this is a Milwaukee thing, but we have a lot who are either not good, cringeworthy to listen or outright dangerous, many of them with 5 star reviews on Google, which is a mystery to me

When I signed up with OneRent they had decent Google and Yelp Reviews.

Review all of your living expenses as a deduction4.