You should always be able to get a straight answer - but its going to depend on the loan product type - conventional with hard hard and set rules, Non-QM/DSCR these are likely going to differentiate in some ways (including this area) among lenders, so it can be different by lender.Some DSCR Lenders for example are OK with Short Term Rentals which obviously wont have a lease (but may require other documentation like a listing or history). 

We as a firm have investors working with us who have short term rental properties all over the US for example big and small, and they are doing the "short term rental loophole" .Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

The property appraiser/assessor is the cheapest resource to find the owners of a property.When you pull the county on the site I listed above you can go to the property appraiser and click on “go to data online”it should take you to search page, where you will type in the address.whej you get the property, it should pull up the owner, mailing address and subject property address.also, it should list the sales history and chain of title, where it should mention who they bought it from and how much they bought it for.this ought to help you understand what you have to work with.for example, the last real sale on the picture listed was in 2008 for 325k, so unless there was additional money borrowed on the property, there ought to be some equity. 

For example I am LP in a fund that is very diversified (storage units, MF, Mobile homes, etc), a fund that specializes in taking garages and converting them to ADUs in MF, and a fund that includes a marijuana cultivation and retail store in NM.  

By way of example, two individuals who both have strong construction backgrounds but lack the balance sheet will generally not result in a successful partnership.

These typically last 3 to 4 months - midterm stays.

Point of sale is good for flippers because your buyer base doesn't typically have the resources to assume any point of sale violations and make the escrow payment etc....So you taking care of all that is a big opportunity.

They are wrong, unless you operate your AirBnB more hotel-like, for example provide daily maid services - which is not that common.

There are quite a few FREE resources here on the site you take advantage of, under the LEARN tab for example.

For example: I have a 5 year ARM at 5.5% interest on a 243k mortgage that can adjust after that period, but my plan is to hopefully transition to a 30 year fixed rate before the adjustment occurs - so we can avoid that complexity.