However, my wife is finding it difficult to navigate her own countries conventional mortgage process while being away from her country for so long.

Also I would be able to comfortably pay a monthly "mortgage" for a 12 month loan as well, while the project is rolling. 

Most lenders don’t consider manufactured or mobile homes real property and there are lots of requirements and stipulations a buyer has to meet to qualify for a mortgage.  

Like Robin said, you could stumble on a bridge lender that will give you a ton of proceeds in mortgage, but that runs its own risks.If you want the conservative, but open to lending to your LLC with outside investors, get on Fannie Mae's website and look up the small balance brokers.  

5) I've noticed with the free contracts I've found online they have inspection periods.

I'm of course going to ask the owner if the unit is legally a triplex and I did confirm on atlas.phila.gov that it is RM-1, which is good but wanted to see how I can confirm through online records that it indeed has 3 units and not 2.

Also, have a chat with a Missouri mortgage lender—they can explain the different loans and if they have any rules about living in the place.

@Phillip Vaughan you could do an actual mortgage + note.

Often times they will have properties in the same town/area and can give you much better revenue estimates than those online. 

Older, less luxurious assets are now pushing north of the 6% threshold.With a significant stake in the $4.5 trillion commercial real estate mortgage debt, the multifamily sector anticipates a modest increase in loan maturities this year, with obligations of $255 billion and $243 billion in 2024 and 2025, respectively.