@Josh CaldwellYou need to be careful about taking foreign money for a number of reasons.  

Anyone out there with experience using foreign private money, for example AUD, and how you handled the risk of currency fluctuation?

I was told that I needed to register my company with the states I will be doing business as a foreign entity in order to be able to operate in the states I do business in.

Your question is just way too open ended.Are you buying local where you live or as a foreigner here in the U.S.??

I prefer 1st position notes but certainly understand how others like and do well with 2nds.Initially the concept was very foreign and I often thought 'wait, so I am buying someone elses debt and playing the role of the bank?"

Extra costs to Foreign File in Calif.

Hi @Tanya Braun I haven't looked at Vancouver market lately, but just talking to others and living in lower mainland if you are looking for appreciation in price than I would say the right neighborhood makes all the difference here since there are neighborhoods that are completely getting redeveloped, but with the city looking at implementing new rules that will effect foreign investors not sure whats going to happen.  

-Those foreigner students that you didn't stop your "friends" from hassling in college?  

NoOhio Revised Code4735.01 Real estate broker definitions.As used in this chapter:(A) "Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration does any of the following:(1) Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(2) Offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(3) Lists, or offers, attempts, or agrees to list, or auctions, or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction, any real estate;(4) Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate;(5) Operates, manages, or rents, or offers or attempts to operate, manage, or rent, other than as custodian, caretaker, or janitor, any building or portions of buildings to the public as tenants;(6) Advertises or holds self out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, or leasing real estate;(7) Directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which does or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, or renting of any real estate;(8) Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby the broker undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both, except that this division does not apply to a publisher of listings or compilations of sales of real estate by their owners;(9) Collects rental information for purposes of referring prospective tenants to rental units or locations of such units and charges the prospective tenants a fee.

@Ryan Kopczykis with southeast professional title and I have been using them for years.I have a mortgage company that can help foreign investors.