@John HyreIt cost me $100 to register my corporation in OH and get a license to do business there as a foreign corporation.

(Single Member LLC ("disregarded entity"), owned by my revocable living trust).Additional note: The State of primary residence does not consider owning real or personal property as transacting business -- thus, registration of the foreign LLC would not be required.

I’ve recently looked into foreign qualification for LLC to practice our business in another state; would that help us get qualified?

@Cheryl Gleason @Ryan Keenan I too find the advice to take no money at all a bit of a foreign concept having gone through a rough eviction process and never run into that advice from my lawyer.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/new-law-makes-clear-c...This is a bit of a narrow niche, but this change impacts at least a half dozen of my clients (all of whom are prior military, and two of whom are REIs) - so I thought it worth posting here.In a nutshell - contractors working overseas were previously not eligible for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) if they maintained an abode in the US.

I have a wechat group here in Shanghai that has an interesting mix of foreigners and locals from all over China interested in all things real estate.

CA is a foreign country.. and I learned this as a HML there.. not nearly as cut and dry as being a lender in the US>. the judges in CA have wide latitude to cram down your rate.. give borrower more time etc etc.. 

@Louis Dobrikyes you can but is quite dificult. there are several banks that will lend to foreigners based on their foreign income. interest rates are higher...you can always go "hard money" lending...

@Quynh Lan Nguyen - Yes or you will have to foreign register your LLC from one state into the oter state.E.g if you have an LLC in MO you want to hold a rental in TX you will have to foreign register your MO LLC in TXDepending on the size of your portfoilo and equity in your rentals your attorney should be able to suggest the best entity structure for youHope that helps

I was aware of the foreign influence there but forgot to consider how the foreign investors cash sales might be something other than typical pricing when it comes to market value, which explains why the appraisers are asking those questions there.