Most should outline what they expect and require for legal suites.

Another obvious and outlined option would be a house hack with some buddies.

This is outlined to mean quick meal prep and cleanup before the end of that day.

Back when it was much easier to get unsecured lines of credit for your business (before this whole market crash a couple years ago), it was common for people to buy shell corporations that had been around for many years and had built up some credit.Basically, the owners/sellers of the shell corporations would create them, take out lines of credit and use them every once in a while to build the credit of the company.

Scott's book, and he outlines how to do this.

It will all be outlined or include information to set you down the right path.

It should outline the rent, deposit, lease term, who the tenants are and anything else that might be in a lease that's important to you. 

I would agree with the more conservative approaches that have been outlined in this thread. 

That is, can there simply be a document outlining the terms of the loan?

My dilemma is that I have yet to sign any type of agreement or contract with the property manager outlining their fees and how I'll receive the rent.