German investor investing in US real estate market

[Alline Birkel]

Hello everybody! I am new to BiggerPockets and super excited to use this resource and hopefully be able to help others out as well.

My question is regarding a German resident who has reached out and asked about how it would work if he wanted to invest in US real estate. I was made aware of the following options, but these are not in the books for this specific investor:

         Establish permanent residency through US Immigration

        Obtain a non-permanent resident visa (temporary work authorization). There are a number of classifications for this type of residency with only certain ones being          eligible for loans.

I was also told he could potentially obtain a non-resident private mortgage loan. Does anyone have experience with this?

Also, are there options I'm missing or ways to get creative with this?

Thanks in advance for your replies!!