That very night, we placed an offer, which the wife accepted the next day.

I'm a REALTOR and I never offer them to clients.

I know there are lenders out there who offer mortgages to foreign Nationals but what we are looking for a is a bit unconventional.

Just make sure you send a proper late notice, offer a quit notice with amount and final due date. 

Hey Cody, I would not continue to expect the homes to appreciate as they have in the past, so I would definitely look in to trying to find something off-market, or by offering lower than listed on stale properties that have opportunity for some value add.

I've seen scenarios where people buy "off-market" deals and offer a crazy upside, but in reality that deal was worse than one that sold on the market, and the comp they used on the upside was a seller finance deal that sat on the market for 280+ days...my job is never to convince anyone, but I always give them an opportunity, even if they want to go another route, to send me those deals so i can analyze them for them.

@Kaaren Hall, thank you for joining the discussion; you are the right person to offer some real help here.

@Paul Malandrinos yup, i just find it odd... 

Don't be fooled there are fair number of seasoned investors in that market (for proof see my failed 3-4 offers that were beat out), they just dont feel the need to discuss the market online here because it seems like a bit of a tighter network. 

Miami Dade County has launched a landlord network to offer support to landlords and property managers accepting to work with the different types of rental subsidy programs they offer.