Bay Area's tough for flips but doable if you get properties under market.

It would need to go through a Non-QM lender.It can be doable, but the key will be identifying a U.S. individual who can provide a personal guarantee and documenting the full ownership chain (trust, LLC, and corporation).If there’s a U.S. guarantor and clear signing authority, we should have options.

In older PA housing stock, deferred maintenance can quietly erase your margin if you’re not careful.Long-term tenants in that area are very doable, especially near hospitals and distribution hubs, but screening is everything (just like anywhere else).

Wholesaling is doable but house hacking is simple and repeatable.

@Matt Moore I'd go 3-4 units if you can, duplexes are tougher to cash flow at high leverage now with the rates/prices being higher.It's still doable to have pretty much your whole mortgage covered while living there in a decent area with 3-4 units in Pittsburgh.Vacancy 5-10%, Repairs and capex $80-$120/unit/month depending on the property and area, and property management as well if you decide you want to eventually do that 10-12% factoring in lease up fees.I house hacked 7 times and my criteria on my last few was finding the most expensive 3-4 unit I could, while still being at least break even from day 1 using market rents while fully rented out.

With systems (and the occasional headache), 10 doors is a very doable portfolio even for someone with a full-time career.For me, the mindset shift happened when I realized I didn’t need hundreds of doors, I needed the right doors.

Hola @Bruno MoralesIt is definitely doable, I just did a cash out refi on a property I bought remotely (from Argentina as well!)

If it were that easy and doable, wouldn't everyone work it out on a spreadsheet, and do it? 

Should be very doable if your FICO is north of 700.How many months of income can your STR show currently?

Make sure:Rental cash flow comfortably covers the new mortgage + HELOC payments.You have an emergency fund for vacancies, repairs, or rising HELOC rates.Your lender treats the HELOC properly when qualifying for the investment loan.it’s doable, but only if you’re financially safe if things go wrong.