A lot of universities have students that need mid term housing due to graduation dates, mini semester programs, etc. and I've found if you approach them and offer them a solution to this problem, they are willing to work with you and help send business your way. 

Over the past 15+ years in this business, i have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

I'm excited you are here and ready to grow your business even more! 

This has been our primary business for well-over thirty (30) years, but in California ONLY.Few posters here are attorneys, let alone licensed to practice law in Hawaii.

The other is a smaller operation which does a lot of business in the specific neighborhood the house is in.  

We're also seeking to buy a local (Raleigh / Durham) property management company to expand that business more rapidly.

  :)   There's so many Gurus pitching this and that without mentioning the risks to them and to the buyers.So glad to hear re your business model being fair to the buyer.   

It's not good to burn bridges in this business, and we agents do a lot of free work that we never get paid for.

The downside will have more to do with your business personality.

Ultimately, you will need to have the borrowed funds in USD and ideally in your US business entity bank account to sail through underwriting with US lenders on US properties.Caveat: the rates will likely be something like 10-12% so it would not make sense on a long-term holding, more like on a down payment on a purchase and rehab value-add project that you will eventually sell (or cash-out refinance) to pay off the borrowed funds in a few months.