I know some landlords rotate locks but personally, I'm not comfortable with that as a secure option.

Best way to do it is to have a simultaneous closing...look for an investor friendly title company and a hard money lender that is used often in your market and explain what you would like to do and ask them to help you accomplish it...Everyone likes to feel like an expert, they would happy to show you how it is done.

If some applicants fall below your requirements, then everyone would be considered "conditional," you can raise the security deposit to mitigate your risk of someone breaking up or defaulting. 

While I’ve never done a project like this before, it’s something I’d love to take on—or at least organize and bring in the right experts to see it through.I estimate it would require around a $2M investment to build 5 houses on the lot, with each home valued roughly at $600K.

He is an expert in the real estate industry and I would only take advice from people who have experienced the system itself and no one else.

Hi Sean, There are many programs for international buyers to secure financing. 

Pros to my current position: Secure, w2, pay is above average, benefits are stellar, schedule is somewhat flexible (can leave if I need to without penalty; vacation when I want - utilizing banked time on both), 3 miles from home, and hopefully a pension in 17 years. 

An STR will look every bit as good as it did when it started - because it has to.Not only that but it is much easier for property managers to get repairs reimbursed when a guest damages something as an STR as opposed to when a long term renter moves out and outside of the security deposit, good luck. 

I'm going to look into those, I've never heard of them before but always interesting to see what security and tools are out there. appreciate it!

I think they get a sense of security when booking through one of them.