Buying single family homes, especially as an international investor, is foolish because of lending, property management and other operational issues.

Having great interns to strengthen our team and our bandwidth3.

My physician uncle, an immigrant who moved to the KY 30 years ago, complains how his med interns/students are leaving KY to go to other parts of the country where there will make less money.

But you need to know who's paying the bills, and therefor who's more important.If none of the internal investors bite, then they will often put it on-market.When it's on-market, it behaves very much like @Jon Minerick describes.

(3)  Rehabbing and getting into flipping (my parents were contractors and I had a painting company in Buffalo - closed it to go back to the corporate world but have the time, interest, equipment, and know-how to do most if not all of the drywall / painting work on a flip)(4)  Being an assistant or intern for a house flipper (I'll work for free - teach me and let me see the process from the inside!)

I like to use a famous person's quote on why learn IRR:"We choose to LEARN Internal Rates of Return (IRR) and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too."

Read @Jay Hinrichs post on his Midwest adventures and book on international investors from turnkey-review website.https://www.apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/rental-i...https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-26...https://wolfstreet.com/2017/11/01/biggest-us-citie...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/22...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/402...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/594/topics/49...Good LuckVivek

Along with pretty nifty international airport that allows me to move all over the country as I do...

No, it would be a prohibited transaction--Internal Revenue Code Sections 408 & 4975

Was interested in buying land/property by the beach in Philippines. Would it be a good idea to buy and hold?  I have family and friends out there and they may also be interested in renting short & long term.  What...