This is a great resource for this question: https://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/expat-taxes-explai...* Do I need to have an LLC or S corp before claiming this property as an investment property?

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

David Greene suggest building your core-four before you start investing out of state:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea... 

At that point, it is added to that property's basis and depreciated.I'm not sure if the mods will allow me to directly link my blog here but you can find it on my website; a "nicholas aiola blog" Google search should bring it right up, too :)

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You will need to get a local, rockstar Realtor, contractor, lender, and property manager.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...I invest locally in Columbus, Ohio

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