One-person rental units are in the highest demand, and co-living directly appeals to this market.

Instead of platforms like Angi, try building relationships directly with contractors, architects, and developers.

This is probably why you want to bring equity back into your US business and any other investor might make the same choice as you.I brought up the challenges to come up with the solution, which was my last paragraph.

But because you rent by the room and YOU SELECTED the roommates (for which the other roommates had no control over), that makes you directly responsible to the other tenants should any harm or damage come to them.  

Won't be using them again on the next flip that's for sure. are you working directly with them or is this a broker who acts as a correspondent lender?

However, I had to subordinate the sellers note to 2nd position (hint: set up that language in advance to streamline the process, if that's the direction you're going to go).Since the ARV was high enough, and the potential income would support the mortgage and expenses, it all worked out. 

And I suppose the likelihood of us getting more STRs in the area is directly tied to how good/bad our experience with this one is!  

Please, anyone, point me in the right direction.

That's only one idea, but I'm learning other ways to leverage OPM.Again thank you -- that definitely helped point me a bit more into the right direction!

. - PM provides a cash based accounting report every month, for every unit under management, that clearly labels all rent, all expenses, including management fees, and the net directly ties to the amount of money deposited into my bank account.- PM is a licensed handyman, or has them on staff, and takes care of most unit turn work at a reasonable rate. - PM has no breakup/termination fee- PM does not take project management fees, except on large or complicated CapEx projects exceeding $5,000.