As long as the property generates enough cash flow, you may qualify based on the asset alone.Another route is to explore portfolio loans from local banks or credit unions.

Best advice is to join or visit a local REIA meetup and start shaking hands.

There are plenty of local landscapers who you can hire to do everything. 

Also, can you sue the previous broker and seller for failure to disclose or at least report it to the local board?

Instead, I'd just rely on a CMA (comparative market analysis) of renovated properties in the area from your realtor unless you have local MLS access yourself to run the report. 

The WY LLC has a local registered agent, so it will appear perhaps like an outside private lender, rather than me being my own lender.   

The challenge is, I’m not familiar with the local market—or the Mississippi market in general.Does anyone have insight into the market in this area or know of investors interested in properties in western Mississippi?

. - feel free to reach out if you need local attorneys.

They want to hear from a local down the block, not a fake company.

This is also the best thing, because many out of state investors find it confusing and stay away, which keeps our returns much higher and wards off Wall Street investors from buying up swaths of houses, which we've seen in other markets.As an STR specialist, keeping up with zoning and regulation statewide is a huge part of my job.I also host monthly short term rental events for local investors, monthly webinars, and I also often get furnished, turnkey off-market STR properties.