I have a friend who works for SDGE and said they regularly have issues in the beach area with bikes leaned on the side of the house and shorting across both sides of the meter and draining the cathodic protection.

People are no longer bound to long-term leases or the impersonal nature of short-term stays.

Wanted to see what my best options are in this situation:I want to borrow 200-250K as a NRA(non resident alien) with no credit history, to invest in a syndication deal.I have a rental property that’s owned free and clear worth around 750-800K so in case of a cash out refi my LTV would remain low.It would be a short term loan: 2.5 to 3 years at most before I pay it back. 

The goal is for you to generate leads for good investment properties.

That will lead to what you need to buy it for since every market is different pricing for repairs always change. 

From there, I would like to get into flipping and short-term rentals in the future. 

@Daniel WongYes, a realtor can get in trouble discussing crime in an area and innocent sounding questions "is this a bad neighborhood" even as a discussion could lead to a lawsuit.  

All of my Colorado short-term rental buyers who add a hot tub are outperforming competition by 25% at least.)

Just don't let the overload of information lead you into analysis paralysis.

I think they come back to this here though shortly.