I reached out to my old boss, Rob Key at Enlarge Media in Los Angeles.

As I'm learning from a lot of sources, I started looking in my area (Quebec, Canada) for future properties to invest in.

I looked at various sources where this seem to be up in the air. 

It is a consortium of related service companies including IPX, Fidelity National Title, Fidelity National Home Warranty, and Disclosure Source.  

The key is to 'normalize' the data and put in either standardized flat file format or bulk import to a DB with MySQL query capability.

With ST you have to keep up with reservations/answer more questions/a little more maintenance, etc... one of the keys is having a great cleaning crew - which we do thank goodness!

Kylethis is correct.you can use a line of credit as long as it's YOURS (HELOC, SDIRA, etc). you cannot use hard money or outsided borrowed funds. the lender will source the payment origination. and yes it's a fannie mae product so state doesn't matter 

She's a fellow Californian and buys out of the area specializing in turn-key property.

The key to starting quickly is maximizing your low down payment multifamily purchases.

If you get the same opinion from multiple sources it probably is true.