Paying for a good firm that specializes in international tax should be considered although the cost is not cheap.

---So, ask about their standard operating procedures and make sure your management contract has an easy termination clause.What are your options if you expereince one of the above?

@Zachary Dooley In my area our standard contract calls for the seller to be liable for up to 1% of the sales price for any lender or appraiser required repairs.

Also, one internal panel for each doweling.

Sounds like you answered your own questionThanks for the replies.My goal, ideally, is to put 20% down, have rents cover all standard costs (mortgage, regular maintenance), then sell the property after ten years without capital gains.

This is what was causing the internal decay. 

That said, your purchase and sales agreement can have anything in it you want so long as any terms do not violate any laws and the standard Texas real estate contract does not "over ride" your contract.

STR will still offer rental income and you will hopefully have a good CPA who will structure your schedule E correctly for standard deductions and showing a positive net rental. 

It was built as apartments at a campus bus stop but doesn't conform to the HUD's updated standards for Fair Housing Accessibility because all the doors to every bathroom are just 24" wide and cannot be made wider, so when they did their first major remodel, they sold all the units off as condos. 

Definitely not the standard of a turnkey.