I am curious on how to most efficiently make connections internationally, find the benefits to different tax laws, and ultimately wonder how people start off building global portfolios while minimizing their risk.Any insight into the matter helps!

WIll my short term rental qualify as a business and if so is that good or bad for trying to minimize taxes?

Sorry for the delay.

They have minimal or no "fix it skills" and are in the middle of developing an adults common sense.  

Minimizing your monthly housing cost plus getting all of the other advantages of real estate is a great strategy.

Then, after closing, you use delayed financing to immediately turn around and get a long term mortgage to pay off (most) of your HELOC.

Easiest way to market your property is throw it on Zillow, minimal fee and Zillow completes your backgrounds as well as makes your lease signing very simple.

I have also seen turnkey properties that have numbers $450-500 / unit as cash flow per month but you have to understand they when you buy turnkey, you don't have to account for vacancy and cap ex for the initial years and very minimal repairs.

If the tile is a style I don’t like, but, it’s not chipped, I save it, etc etc… the trick for me is to start with all major mechanical items: hvac, HWT, panel, and then add the roof… if all that checks out then the odds of a minimal rehab are even better!!! 

@Daniel Goodman Please pardon the delayed reply, Dan.