But chances are you are leasing to someone without a SSN and exposing yourself to tremendous risk by not being able to check their background. 

This is besides enjoying good cash flow over the years because rents increase tremendously.

I have met up with various accounting firms (which are not specifically cross boarder specialist since it seems to me its hard to find them in Edmonton, AB, and I assume they are going to charge me tremendous amount of money for consultation and filings) when I talked to the partners at these firms, they all gave me different opinions.

The tremendous growth in private money lending has also been indirectly fueled by bank qualification standards, which have remained stubbornly high in the post recession lending environment.

I know there are tremendous legal methods how to not pay income taxes, or to pay very little.

Value like the ATT mentioned upthread pays now but is not likely to appreciate much, , while for decades no one had ever gotten a dividend from Apple but had made tremendous amounts of appreciation. 

That, and the experience alone has paid off tremendously. 

I'm sure the answer varies tremendously based on many factors...but if you are buying an STR how much time would you budget to self-manage it? 

honestly, it’s not that I don’t have them but with all of my expenses , it brought down my gross income tremendously and I’m afraid that will hurt my chances being that I recentley tried refinancing a vehicle was denied because of that.

Very stable cites out side of Sacramento with tremendous growth.