., If there are any issues with tenants or house needs maintenance, Doorvest reaches out to us by email and Doorvest also has online platform where we can keep track of all the statuses + income/expenses.

Assuming you meet real estate professional status (which it seems like you do - you'll just want to have a time log verifying) AND materially participate in your rentals, you simply wouldn't get that big of a year one benefit. 

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Congrats, you're a rare find, enjoy your unicorn status! 

Calling the appraiser to see what you can do to push it up a "C-Level" would be smart before doing any reno also, might only need a few things to make it far more valuable in the eyes of the bank.I've heard of a tactic for figuring out demand, which is to put up a dummy or coming soon listing on facebook marketplace and see the amount of activity you get on it. 

Teak is a well known product and Status symbol there. 

Check on ownership status before you get into escrow.Get multiple inspections to be able to really determine the extent of repairs.Try to align yourself with the best contractors, had good referrals, but somehow nobody stood behind their warranties.Have a good lawyer and local accounting firm.Talk to locals to see how things are done and what's happening around you.Have patience!

@Grayson Chao look up WAREI on Facebook as that is a big active group of local investors and a number of meetups get advertised there. 

In addition, there are Facebook groups for travel nurses where you can post your housing.

I'm also interested in investing in prosperitycre.comThey are aggressively marketing on Facebook/Meta.