Make sure to check with a cross-border tax advisor on how this could impact your overall tax strategy.Umm I'm pretty sure the US presence test only applies to non US citizens who are actually physically present in the US for over 183 days, not for owning property. 

Are there specific ways to build trust or present the proposal that you’ve found particularly effective?

Whether you're buying or selling, August 2024 presents a landscape filled with potential.

Presently evaluating refinancing to take my downpayment money out of one property (at that point it feels like a "free" property) and balancing if I should focus on aggressively paying some properties off or keeping leverage... classic dilemma I guess.

@Tyler SpeelmanNot an accountantIt’s my understanding you are just deferring taxes till you sell.

I worry of injuries as I have a re-occurring injury from the academy, so I want to start something to let me get out of this career early and defer the pension.

Keep an eye on how other listings in your area are performing over the next few weeks.Presentation: Since you’ve had a few showings but no serious offers, it might be worth reviewing the presentation of the home.

Real estate is, generally, a pretty efficient market, so you can generally assume that if a syndicator is presenting a deal with a 25% projected return, they are doing something in the deal, that makes it higher risk than the group with a similar deal projecting 15%.  

You can present this to property owners for their signature, rather than drafting an entirely new contract.

This allows you to be able to indefinitely defer all of taxes on investment property, and use it to purchase larger or multiple investment properties.