It will cost more to setup, but will save money over time as well as providing much greater control and flexibility to you as the account holder.

Foreign investors fear that visa laws will change, and they will not be allowed to come easily to USA, or bring their family members in future.

Zillow will probably follow the same strategy since they have to think in terms of high quantities to make share holders any money.

It might also look better mathematically to do a traditional cash out refi and and pay off current 1st position lien holder and take the cash for what you need.

I am French on a E2 Visa.

The issue with TK is that when you only cash flow $100-200 per month you are inherently putting yourself in a financial strain in the event something goes wrong.Being able to only net $1,000-2,000/ a year is making everyone else wealthy except the actual investor/risk holder.

(We do not give tax, legal, or investment advice; you, the account holder, make the investment and strategy decisions.) 

Costco Visa, Discover and Target Red.

Not exactly companies where the share holders did not do well in their disappearance.Also 17 years on average for a stock to recover after a crash? 

In most cases that is exactly why the IRA account holder wanted to partner.So my advice to you, to your potential partner and everyone else reading this: do not pull personal funds together with your IRA funds into the same deal.