My goal is to purchase homes with the intent of rehabbing/remodeling, and then re-selling them to private investors as investment property, or to individuals or families to become their permanent residence.

The rest of the shake-out will come with the softer stuff, (accounting, taxation, LLC, avoiding war zones and networking).It will be 6-8 years before we can settle permanently in the US, (retirement), and have always dreamed of this.

Then once stabilized convert to a permanent loan with the more basic terms.

Then after permanent financing was in place, he converted it to the 5th unit. 

Simplification to get money immediately coming in is my immediate goal so planning in phases and getting a certain number of permanent rv’ers to start the development of the store and clubhouse with the existing newly built shell onsite. 

There are also several major energy companies building new power plants in the area, bringing 100s of new construction jobs, and 100-200 permanent jobs. 

But it is also not uncommon for them to become permanently stalled if they fall short on financing or face unanticipated additional cost or regulatory complexity.

Additionally, I'm hoping to wait till I settle somewhere more permanently.

Upto 4 units is residential --lendingthen Small apartments --may be upto 20 or 40 units --or loans under $1.5 millionThere are many other expenses --to be paid upfront --such as Appraisal and Inspection, Environmental Report and Engineeing Report if older property-- There is Bridge Loan and Permanent loan -- Are you buying to hold ?

HUGE difference in market cap rates for various cap rate values upon stabilization and timeline to lease up and complete.A lot of lenders have construction to permanent financing once certain metrics are achieved.