Consider creative approaches like short-term rentals, ADUs, or co-living spaces that maximize income in limited spaces.

I don't know the Dallas market, but it seems that midterm rentals do well in the Denver suburbs here in Colorado.

I brought my nephew with me for about 12 of my trips last year and I am much more limited this year, but I have been pretty much running the shadow management(managing the PMs as my co-assistant with another gal) on about 3 of our STRs and 2 of our LTRs so he has his hands full.

Think of a cold Colorado stream but in Belize. 

My properties are primarily in Arvada, CO, but I have a pulse on the market of regulatory environments throughout the state since I am almost entirely niched to STR investors in my business.

This is networking, tapping your current list of friends, family, co-workers, other real estate investors, etc.Ideal duration depends on business plan: I, personally, am a fan of long-term fixed rate loans.  

@Patrick Shep I would absolutely encourage you to apply without any co-signor.  

SOS......I closed on my investment property last Thursday, lawyer, title co, realtors paid and keys handed over to buyer but the wire from the bank ( the title company uses) keeps getting rejected by my investment company.  

I am looking into a deal and would like some advice and have people pick at it and let me know what I am missing in this proposed deal.I am a small real estate investor so far, I have 4 SFH rentals, 2 in Colorado where I live, and 2 in Texas.

@Yoni Kaszynski, with a co-signer what I focus on is whether they are "collectible".