This is what the fannie mae selling guide says about foreign income. and you can direct the loan officer to page 356 of the 2014 selling guide to reference this material.Foreign IncomeForeign income is income that is earned by a borrower who is employed by a foreign corporation or a foreign government and is paid in foreign currency.

The BMI is used to determine which currencies are under/over valued.

One option is to borrow against assets in your home country (if currency is strong) as an equity release or margin loan and use in US to get a foothold.

Taking $13,500 in cash from your bank will trigger your bank to generate a Currency Transaction Report.

Hi Jeff,You have to find the sellers currency.

My Beginning:I am finally getting into investing and have just started this past August on investing my money in stocks, etfs, and cryptocurrencies(also my stores as well my girlfriend and I have a clothing brand that we just started).

Higher end US RE has also been used as place for foreigners from countries with unstable currencies to park money for decades.

Also have crypto assets and am currently invested in a couple startups. 

Crypto is one idea I like the sound of and may explore further.

The Fed is defying economics and just pumping more fiat currency into the market so... they could just continue to prop this whole thing up.