agents might be able to send you pocket listings, and wholesalers can put you on their buyers lists. you can also post in local facebook groups looking to see if anyone knows of any single-family homes that need a lot of love that the owner might want to see an offer on. you could also drive for dollars & target rundown-looking homes, and cold-call or cold-text the owners, or send mailers to them. note that it often takes multiple contacts to get a result with cold outreach. you can also go buy at tax auctions at the courthouse. you can buy from auction sites. you can look on facebook marketplace and craigslist. hope this helps!

I'm still learning about this type of lending but the appeal to me is that they don't consider personal income or tax returns, it does not need personal debt-to-income ratio qualifications, it's collateral based borrowing..

However, title can be “clouded” many ways, including heirs who never registered their rightful interest (usually when someone dies without a will), spouses never formally divorced, common law marriage situations, children born out of wedlock, incorrect survey information, Sheriff and tax sales misidentifying multiple parcel situations, partial property rights transferred such as remainder estates, tax liens unrecorded, incorrect county identification due to changing county lines as when a river redirects, and of course plain old error in the property description copied onto the recorded warranty deed.  

These expenses covered various items such as property taxes, insurance, utilities, and financing costs during the project.Sale Price: Following the renovations, the property was sold for $205,000.

We are interested in making use of the STR tax strategy to offset our W2 income this year (work 100+ hours, average rental less than 7 days, no one else worked more than us).But1) Can we only keep it as short-term rental for 2024 collecting minimal STR rents and convert it to LTR in the following year (2025).

There are already risks, don't make legal and tax issues be another risk.

Judicial,Collateral,Unsecured,Secured,Seller,Syndication ~ confirmed Mortgage Brokers (sophistication, in lending terms) "15% ROI Margins" ~ confirmed ROI unknown tho…Tax attorney(Roth,Judicial, Sophistication) "10% ROI"  Unknown*Accountants (how much and where Terms infrastructure legalities) 7% ROI Unknown*Mortgage broker (lending acquisition all major lenders ,TD,RBC…….

Then hope the rental losses help with it comes time for tax season.2) Double down on the STR and theme the house (if it isn't already). 

I am the co-host of a tax planning and strategy podcast.

@Artur A. you're welcome.The general rule is you pay taxes in both Mexico and the US according to each country's tax code and then, courtesy of the treaty between the two countries for the avoidance of double taxation, you'd credit the taxes you paid in Mexico against your US taxes (related to the property only).If you invest in your own name or through a bank trust (fideicomiso), OTAs will withhold the tax to be paid to Mexico as a percentage of the gross income.