The big money is earned from inflation and you cannot increase the value of single-family homes by increasing the rents.I know very little about financing because I always went with conventional loans, but I have many friends who purchased properties with financing and just about zero money down.

So it will be a quasi partnership but basically it would be more like having an investment time share that they earn 6% on and they get to enjoy the property for a week each year including 2 year years after they get paid back.

The goal has to have a finite destination and time limit on it.For example you may say your goal is 20 houses in 20 years (paid off) earning $20,000 per month.. (20,20,20 goal).Now you know where you're going and the timeframe for this to happen.

Home prices - what are the values of property in this part of the country relative to what they could earn as a STR?

It took a while to break into syndication, and as I grew impatient, I decided why not invest passively into syndications and earn while I learn.

That might be a great way to earn some extra income until you are ready to list the house. 

This is encouraging news for the millions of millennials who are approaching peak homebuying age.

If I have dividend stocks, bonds, or am earning a return on crypto (defi/staking/etc), none of that is disqualifying.Assuming managing my rentals didn't prevent me from working a full time job (thus qualifying as self employment), it shouldn't matter.There is a lot of anecdotal tales out there, but I can't find anything concrete, which is what I'm looking for.

Does anyone know how they new foreign investors of Columbia do to avoid the 35% tax on the rental income earned?

Their going to eventually pair up and either want a family or a place with more space and more for their hard-earned money.