I was starting to worry because I don't have a high occupancy for summer months yet, but am noticing that the majority of guests are typically booking 3-4 weeks in advance.

I'm sure that is true, because most mortgage companies aren't going to go searching for issues when there aren't problems - but in the truest sense of the word this is loan fraud and I'm just not up for it in my portfolio.I did hear from a friend of a friend type that she was able to close a subto with a small local bank somewhere in Georgia (property was also located there) because of a long standing relationship with the bank. 

Are there any good screening companies that screen Canadians?  

If I come across a flip where we could pull the majority of the money out, or keep only a reasonable amount in and the rents would cover the mortgage, I would consider it but I haven't really seen that here since the interest rates have been over 5%. 

Although there is a cost to the investor, REIT's offer liquidity and can provide diversification within your portfolio.Real Estate Funds vs REITsA real estate fund is pretty much another form of a mutual fund, except it is focused on investing in the securities public real estate companies offer.

AND you cannot separately sell or refinance that ADU in the future.That said, I ran across this company that seems to specialize in this type of addition: maybe they could help? 

I am looking for cash flow positive storage building in Texas, off a major highway, with value add potential, preferably in North Texas (Sherman/Denton/McKinney), Central Texas (Waco/Austin/San Antonio), West Texas (Odessa), or greater Houston area.  

We had a recent bad experience with a company offering to do the whole set up. 

I'm wondering if anyone has used this company or one like it.

it's crazy to tie up a million cash to build a duplex. you can leverage that and build so much more units. ohio is one of the cheapest markets in the country to build and I'd pass on this deal if it's a million which I'm assuming it is of cash, with that amount of money you could be the majority partner in a 50+ unit deal with non recourse debt on a HUD 221d4 loan and have more than 50% equity. super low risk, urban core, non suburban deal in Columbus Ohio.