More and more private equity firms are buying thousands of SFHs...American Homes 4 Rent, Blackstone Group, Colony NorthStar, and now Cerberus.

I refuse.. flat out.. that stops them in their tracks.. then I tell them we have first American  Fidelity WFG  TIcor Chicago take your pic I have closers at each that you just send the docs there and you know my files skinny as they are I can pop in sign in 5 minutes and leave.. they run that up the flag pole and will comply.I fell for the mobile notary one time in NYC when I was at my daughters wedding and that cost me 350 bucks I about came unglued on that one.. never again nothing against those folks but I have all those title companies on one street 5 minutes from my home base.. and I know all the senior closers on first name basis so for ME and I know I am not one off but that's how I do it..   

First American Insurance 

Edit: The insurance company was Ranchers and Farmers run by American Bankers Ins Company in Miami Florida. 

So the modern estate tax impacts less than two-tenths of 1 percent (0.02%) of American’s, unless you live in a state like Oregon.

In 2011-13 it was way worse, I lived in the American Can Building -  Considering the lack of inventory elsewhere in Cincy it should turn around. 

@Yacov Barboigetting mortgage as a foreign investor from American Banks is possible. but interest rate is not going to be great, not close to what you are familiar with in Israel and Germany.if the numbers on specific deals work I do see allot of foreign investors using leverage.

I can recommend Texas American Title / Patten Law Firm in Irving TX.

v=AFIxi7BiScIA video from DW TV about Wealth people and middle class - pay attention to the super wealth real estate investor, immediately I turn a fan of that "monster" .. watch the video.my name is Thiago Zanetti (TZ is fine since no american I met yet can say Thiago correctly :D )I have been listening to the podcasts daily, reading some books, doing some researches online.In 2000 something my father gave me Rich Dad Poor Dad, that consolidated my idea of starting a business.I own Fly Shop Brasil - Brazil's premier fly fishing shop.Ok, that's my introduction. 

OK, let's run down the list for C-class rentals:Toilets - usually Kohler, sometimes American StandardRefrigeratorsMicrowavesStoves/ovensWashersDryersDishwashers - Frigidaire has let us down hard in the past in multiple categories and at multiple price points (this includes the Gallery line).