@Tony Manning depending on the county there are programs to help with the costs, but requires tenant income restrictions.

Depending on the bank, you may need to be in person to open in account.

For paid softwares, it depends on the scale of your investments.

Everything depends on the HOA and what they will allow as far as amount of rentals (within the complex) and the type of rental (LTR, MTR, STR).

With this VISA, you're able to live in Japan for 1-3-5 years (depending on what they give you), up for renewal each year. 

Maybe do a tandem approach and depending on your location and price points etc.Nurses mostly get a daily stipend to spend on housing [some have the employing agency pay for the housing] what I found is that even though on average nurses get up to about $180 per day in daily rental stipend - they do not seek out to spend that much and look for cheaper housing - the kicker is it seems that they get to keep the difference of what they do not spend on rent and pocket the difference.So I put my lisitings on Airbnb sometimes as weekly, mostly on as 30 day rental [to keep in compliance with various city, HOA and local laws.So lots of different strategies to go and to keep your options open for all sorts of travelers  that we can not even think of, so expand your criteria.

If this is the case then it depends on what the lease says, is there a clause that states they can house their employees regardless of who they are? 

Overall the portfolio is about break even or slightly positive depending on the month.Here is the WHY behind how I was able to use this loan to my advantage. 1) I am not too concerned about immediate cash flow as I'm not looking to live off of the cash flow day one.

It just depends on the market and whether the team can execute.

Your best choice will depend on your goals and risk tolerance.