All Forum Posts by: Orit Nahum

Hi @Orit Nahum,

Nice to meet you on Bigger Pockets. Trust is of utmost importance when investing overseas. Here are some things you can consider:

First, is your real estate agent available to you? Does she provide you with constant and ongoing communication? When you ask her for information, does she provide the answers to you in a timely fashion?

Next, is she transparent about her services? Will she keep you informed on all stages of the purchase process? ,

Some of the questions you could ask are the frequency of the balance sheet detailing income and expenses with a detailed explanation for the accounting, as well how the property will be managed.

Finally, will she provide client references?

These are just some of the things to consider with professionals working with you when investing overseas. Hope that helps. 

It depends -- If you already have a relationship at a bank, then ask them if they will loan in the new areas you are looking.  If they say no, then go to small local bank in the new location.   I found that a lot of the small local banks will not loan outside of a specific area/comfort zone.  I live in Philadelphia but invest mostly in South Jersey and the small banks that I work with do not like to loan out of state so I have different small banks in each state as well as a couple larger regional ones that will loan in several states.