I would not volunteer any information about your property ownership or corporate structure as it is and area outside the expertise of most boarder agents and foisting such material upon them is just asking for a longer sojourn at the border.In short, when asked tell the truth, but only the information sufficient to answer the question.

Keep it simple and short. 

As long as they were all done in a short period of time like 30-60 days of each other, FICO will see it as you are shopping for mortgage.

I can pay cash for it, which is part of my short and long term goal.

For the rest of your life, every time you try to uphold his memory, there's a small sarcastic voice in the back of your head that reminds you that he knew less than nothing about money.By pure dumb luck & juvenile arrogance, I made sure that would never happen, by encouraging my Dad to buy a couple of short sale properties during the crash 8 years ago. 

I have two short termed vacation rentals 18 minutes outside Disney World Orlando FL.  

Long story short @Skylar Simpson.

This is short term money and they are aware of it from the beginning. 

I've literally switched from listening to music in my car to these podcasts.

We found short term financing.