At that point we hired an independent appraiser and the numbers came back good and the hard money lender agreed to use them.  

I lost money on that deal, but learned a ton. 

Anyone can live anywhere they want if they have the money, and sometimes houses are bought and then rented out without much background checking on the people moving in.

Never heard of them, is it a hard money lender?

By using the BRRRR strategy, you only need to put down money once.

Spending the owner's money, not saying anything, and letting them discover it while reviewing the monthly statement is unprofessional.

I haven't had a full-time employment for a while but I have money saved up to buy a property or two.Is anyone here living abroad also or know anyone living abroad that is not physically buying properties in the USA but abroad?

My partner and I keep an excel spreadsheet of rent, our purchases, utilities, taxes, insurance, and money spent on contractors.

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Today one has trouble finding anything here under 500K.