As I hadn't heard back from the seller, we didn't make an effort to move forward that quickly.  

But what is being proposed is nothing more than an effort to avoid implication of the due on sale clause.

The reason why "large developers"  finance their real estate with ease is (1) track record; (2) balance sheet/liquidity;  (3) Global Cash Flow.

You're going to work very hard, and maybe you won't see the results of your efforts right away.

The costs could be justified if the rental performs well (a little less profit short term, for longer term appreciation gains and with little to no effort on my part).

And as Rory points out, subsequent loans require less overall time and effort once you have a track record.

Suspect that’s sufficient for most US-based hosts since other channels are more popular with the globally channel managers like BookingAutomation, Lodgify, and others but is a gap for attracting international stays. 2.

I'd agree that the biggest danger to this market is global warming. 

It would be a Wordpress site due to the easy to use nature and all the great plug-in's and widgets available.Regarding SEO, there are some basic products that help but SEO has gotten so complex over the years, you really need to hire a SEO company to set it all up a make it worthwhile.The cost could be exorbitant so it might not be worth the effort.

I knew I wanted to be in the SFR LTR space, so I set all of my exploration efforts on just those property types.