With some help from @Bill Baldwin , I was able to find two banks that are willing to work with expats w/o PR: http://www.bankcomm.com.hk/en/ - HK basedhttps://www.surugabank.co.jp/surugabank/index.html - JP Bank

It's illegal to refuse to rent to someone because they have kids (https://ctlawhelp.org/en/tenants-renters-rights-la...). 

It could be this article: http://www.southlandbrokers.net/paraguay/en/news/i...But Chai, as we all know, mentioning those sort of increases - AFTERWARDS - is useless!...

Door hardware is very complicated for something that looks simple. http://www.yalecommercial.com/en/yale/yalecommercialcom/Corbin Russin is another favorite of mine.  

Bought RealtyShares, used to do BPO but no longer.Marcus by Goldman Home Improvement loan, unsecured https://www.marcus.com/us/en/personal-loans/types-of-loans/home-improvement-loansMofin Mortgage https://mofinloans.com/ Rental Property and Bridge Loans for Investors.

You might need something more than just paint. http://www.ardexamericas.com/en-us/Products/moistrem/Pages/MoistureControl.aspx

And the investment is pretty modest - Buildium, for example, is less than $50/mo for 20 units or less.See https://support.buildium.com/hc/en-us/articles/200690198-How-do-I-track-tasks-and-maintenance-in-Buildium- for an overview of their maintenance tracking component (referred to as "Tasks").

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I've been living in Aix-en-Provence (near Marseille) for the past two years.

Look into yale.http://www.yalehome.com/en/yale/yalehome/residential/yale-smart-home-guide/home pagehttp://www.yalelocks.com/en/yale/yalelockscom/sales rep locatorhttp://www.yalecommercial.com/en/yale/yalecommercialcom/sales/