So, foreign investors should be aware of their travel patterns and consult a cross-border tax advisor to avoid any surprises.

RecommendationGiven your goal of minimizing upfront costs while keeping control, here’s how you might proceed:Conduct a Thorough Title Search: Before committing, make sure there are no surprises in the title.

Second, **flexible terms** and clear communication about rates, fees, and loan-to-value (LTV) ratios are essential to avoid surprises.

@Paul FlorezYou'd be surprised at how many owner financed deals are on the MLS. 

Since getting in the RE investment earlier this year, I've been surprised by the amount of investors leveraged to their eyeballs. 

This Market is a little slow right now, but at that price, I am surprised there hasn't been more movement, especially for that area. 

Just remember for every glamorous flip or lucrative rental, there’s a puzzle waiting to be solved, sometimes involving old graves, sometimes involving new regulations, and always requiring creativity and patience.So, the next time you’re having a bad day—your contractor didn’t show up, a deal fell through, or you just discovered your property has a surprise pool—just remember: at least you’re not trying to figure out where the bodies are buried.

This sounds like a difficult situation and I'm surprised that they enforce this.

I think this gets missed sometimes, or people are surprised that they are taking a lot of risk AND energy/time to get returns generally available already with much lower of the two

A lot of the podcasts I’ve listened to said just to verify how many non related tenants can occupy the property since different municipalities are different, some 3,4,5 etc. so that’s why I initially reached out, but was surprised to have zoning tell me it’s not allowed in a few cases.