She knows us so well that she will personally lend to me without any collateral.

Any recommendations from personal experience?

I don't ask for SSN and also personally have never provided/been pressured to provide them myself when I used to rent, and honestly don't want to open up liability for having to keep someone's SSN either.

Hey Patience, I would personally get a loan and buy as many properties as I comfortably could.

I learned a small portion of this method from Tom Cruz, a section 8 Guru.

Hey All -- I believe I have an understanding of the financial workflow here, but figured this group would have lots of personal experience and or advice.

I have used them plenty of times for my personal LLCs. 

@Jimmy StretzIs this an investment or personal vacation property?

Cash up front would be a bigger requirement for STRs too so it's not a "cash-flow" method, it's just your moving cash around differently.

Also worth taking a look at cities and metros in person, although the flight and hotel/air bnb can add up, you can generally write those costs off, and in general getting on the ground and feeling the energy of a city or market can tell you a lot about the intangibles there.