We purchased a property with the traditional model before we really understood BRRR.

What is your business model?

There can be a long time where a project never happens or even if approved can take years or over a decade to start happening from when it is proposed.Does your tenant rely on consumers visiting their office as a business model?

Others are fine with it and tend to have more investor-focused agents and business models.

We could buy 4 - 5 houses under this model.But I'm wondering if it makes more sense to sink some cash instead into a well reputed syndication, aiming for a 3-4 year exit, and derive the same tax benefits & appreciation without being a long distance landlord.We ultimately want to be able to move back, at least to the US, to do some more deals actively, but my husband won't be able to be sponsored into a new job, as that is very rare, so will get his green card while there, ie, can't really count on a job until after we get there, but to be honest, we'd rather have set up some deals so we could just have a model where we can not have to worry about him getting a job at all, and working for ourselves in real estate investment.And in the meantime, we are also considering moving ultimately to Brisbane, but we can't build that sort of portfolio up there like we can in the US, plus I'm not familiar with the market/taxes/ways to do deals there like I am in the US. 

The majority of posts I have been seeing from local short-term rental hosts have been about shifting away from this strategy to a more traditional rental / lease agreement.I do think this model will survive the pandemic, I would be cautious of this strategy at the moment unless I was certain that property could support itself as a traditional rental if necessary. 

It's hard to imagine regional or national banks being interested unless the operator and business model are airtight.  

Any business models on a working system for this?

Originally posted by @Ellis San Jose:Plus tax advantages & possible appreciation.Also, how is that a sustainable business model if you're waiting 10 years to see your money back? 

They are the model for what we should all be doing to up our game.