Many conventional lenders will allow you to treat it as a refi, but you can always treat it as a non-arms length purchase from the entity to you personally.

@Jason Stoltzfus, this is a large topic and would literally need a book length explain well.

Area/neighborhood, city, holding costs, hard money vs. cash vs. new construct loan, length of time to sell. 

If you integrate with Airbnb, it will automatically send them a code that works only for the length of their stay including check in and check out times.  

@Larry Landry most landlord leases state that appliances are as-is & where-is, so they don't have to repair them or remove & store them.Of course, for a great tenant, or to negotiate a lease renewal, you can also volunteer to address a repair issue:)Instead of spending the money upfront and finding out the W/D doesn't make a difference, just put in your ad, "W/D negotiable dependent on tenant qualifications and lease length".

I have money with Actinver and they will offer short term loans but dont have any mortgage products currently.The problem with this is generally the length of the loan which I have never seen be more than 5 years. 

Here is the link to giving them your email and they'll send you the file....The Complete Vacation Rental Checklist The average length of stay is 4 nights across our portfolio, so it is not unreasonable to use the same personal towel 4x per stay. 

I'm playing the long game so if that is a requirement, I'll be an associate for the required length of time then get back to my original plans.

corporations are people too" Yes you can purchase from an LLC but it needs to be an "arm length" transaction which means you cannot be an officer or member of the LLC you are purchasing from.

In normal circumstances the rentee stands stronger than the renter in the sense that the renter doesn't have the permission to be cancelling a contract during the length of the contract if it isn't for any force major reasons (for example, he/she is selling their apartment).