In my case I have a house in Minn owned as a foreign entity in an Ariz LLC .

Companies such as HomeRoom and PadSplit will help you get started and source tenants.

You need to focus on negotiating and sourcing good deals.

But I do find it entertaining that Bitcoin's obituary appeared 380 times (Source: 99bitcoins.com) since 2010.

Diversify Funding Sources: Explore various funding avenues, such as construction loans, crowdfunding, private investors, and institutional lenders.

Then of course there's the IRS this is a exert directly from the site: Federal law requires U.S. citizens and resident aliens to report any worldwide income, including income from foreign trusts and foreign bank and securities accounts.

In the positives, they describe a local news source as saying it’s a “buying frenzy” in the area.

If it's your only trusted source, you'll often have massive fluctuations in your perceived ARV compared to the actual ARV.

Thanks for the mention @Nathan Gesner@Jodi-Ann Birch we don't do business up in Flint, but we have encountered Gebrael Management a few times as they've tried to do business in Metro Detroit.They seem to have good processes, but please validate they will meet your expectations.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

@Grant Nash - if your goal is to refi 100% (leaving $0 invested in the property) you’re going to have to find off market sources.