In this instance, the easiest way to increase our bottom line was through well managed expenses.

For instance, SoFi, its a great personal loan company that will often write a line of credit, income and credit depending, personally for up to 100k.

A PM can be a local company or just someone you know who has STRs and is willing to manage yours while you're gone.For other methods of managing a LTR, that could be easier to pass off landlord duties to a friend if they're willing, maybe see if you can compensate them on a per-instance basis instead of a flat percentage.  

I am wondering what strategies you are following in that instance.

@Joe Atkins I always get an appraisal at the front end.

In some of the cities you will be required to put large sums of cash into escrow with the city for point of sale repairs before they will allow title to transfer.Say for instance you were able to find this exact deal on your own for 40k vs 61k, but you had to manage and/or hire someone to manage the process.  

As you noticed the bank changed it's position as you got through the deal process, not sure the specifics of why it happened in this instance but underwriting is complex, so the more a bank gets to know you the better they will understand what they can do for you.Try to work on specifying exactly what you're trying to do and find a lender who has experience in that specific type of lending.

Instances where restricting the number of unrelated persons have been limited by the US Supreme Court to 50+ communities or limited special purposes. 

. ;-)  In some instances a portion of the taxes paid to the IRS may be claimed as a credit on Canadian tax filings.The same would hold true for many other foreign nationals.The important take-away is for anyone with intentions to invest internationally obtain precise and accurate tax advise before engaging. 

Say for instance current monthly rents are $3000.