classic scam.to the OP  google Ingrid Robinson /  American greed   / Remington financial she took those guys down and its worth watching how they work.. the foreigners are on to it.. so anything with even slightly bad English is a huge red flag and 100% fraud.this guy looks more Russian than Kiwi to me.. 

Good luck, you are a busy man with school, family and baseball.Likely your best bet is house hacking (if your partner and child are willing to share housing). 

A child gets exposed to fentanyl in the property, CO poisoning, or someone gets shot in the property and then landlord gets sued.

.- determine how I can assist child in purchasing his own home in San Diego.  

Even then, all of my booking.com clients are American I offer a 25% discount 0-3 days out. add a 15% fee which essentially covers your commission. set up with one hour to cancel, flexible / strict option but no refund 60 days out or later. sync it with Airbnb and or the other ones you are doing.

.: I'm an American living and working overseas.

I tried to stay out of the way, but I had to stop several things from being done wrong—spaces between kitchen cabinets that were too small by at least an inch for the appliances to fit, a walk-in pantry being built that was too narrow for anyone but a child to get into.

Is there a benefit to foreign national loans for a US citizen with a US credit score (the 791 I mentioned in the original post is my American score)?

I use American Tenant Screening and will call them tomorrow.

I'd add a late fee to the lease renewal, but if they are struggling to pay rent now, when the baby comes, they will be down one income for a bit and then have child care, so will likely have more problems.