You should engage a CPA familiar with international taxation, especially since you seem to live abroad and are contemplating investing in foreign companies.Generally yes, a foreign corporation that holds and rents real property would be a PFIC...however a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) is statutorily excluded from being a PFIC and is subject to a different set of rules.

Sounds like you know that exact areas I'm contemplating, and your an inspector too. : ) thank you for your comment.

Hi All!Looking for financial and "is this property a good deal??" advice on my first forray into real estate investment.Financials: The plan is to work with a relative to get a HELOC on a primary residence in the Bay ...

I am not a huge fan of his work which is why I'm contemplating looking into doing business with another lender, however I don't know if this is a waste of my time if it all ends up going thru the same underwriting process that will just give me the same results

Surely there are many more challenges that I haven't even contemplated. 

next time you flip a foreclosure using your home line of credit, it is probably good to take a moment to contemplate the financial food chain to motivate you to make sure you're always on the right side of the transaction.i've used penfed which is a national bank that operates through the internet.and i've used the bank of albuquerqe which is essentially a broker for the bank of oklahama, which also operates nationally.  

I have been contemplating this myself, thanks for the post guys. 

Hi All,  Contemplating making an offer on a new 12-unit apartment building. 

@aaronmontagueI've contemplated doing just what you said to do.

I originally joined BP to learn how to make my property more attractive to potential buyers/developers and in a Pygmalion like twist, I am now contemplating developing it myself.