. - generated with the bank's money, translates into far greater potential for most people.

Basically you have to translate/transcribe the income source (AirBnB) accurately into what FNMA does understand, and in a way she can understand it. 

I think response rate is very important because from what I see a lot of calls can be translated into profit even if it's just a referral to a realtor.

There are classes at your community college that could translate into a good paying hourly job like CAD for example.

In speaking with the tenants with a translator (they do not speak English), they told me that the previous owner new about it and it had been an issue for many years. 

Given the time it takes people to call you back, that alone translated into several days of waiting by the phone.

gclid=CJ-xsOnqwMgCFYySvQod...Here you can post ads and have them translated and even have the responses translated for you if needed.I have a number of Chinese investor friends and one thing I would suggest to anyone wanting to deal with Chinese investors is to make an effort to understand the cultural differences in how they do business.

My legal-to-English translation of the purchase contract is "we won't guarantee anything, we don't know anything, we won't pay for anything, good luck."

Because a short term rental is technically allowed by ordinance doesn't translate into a happy life for you. 

I've had a realtor tell me they "work with investors" but I had to be exclusive with them, and I needed to fly out there, and they are not willing to find me 70% market deals--translation "I work with investors, but I don't actually work with investors and I am a liar and a nightmare to work with and I'll waste a ton of your time while forcing you to sign an exclusivity contract."