Like any market, there are risks and you need to have the right team in place prior to buying a property or you could lose money.

If you have owned it for 5 years and lived in it for 2 out of the 5 years prior to selling it then you will get a proration of the gain tax free for the period of time you lived in it. 

I've researched some, but there are so many options available I'd love to hear what works best for landlords with some prior experience. 

But the title and escrow companies  Fidelity Fatco WFG etc.. have their own title plants that mirror county records and as stated are off shore ( Philippines) so title reports can be done in a day or two at the most.. prior to recording they will do a date down at the county to make sure nothing has popped up..

Finally closed on my house in Jacksonville, Fl.I ended up giving Power of Attorney to my brother and having him sign for me.I would advise others to have their POA setup prior to leaving the US as I had to go to the US Embassy in Bangkok to have the POA papers notarized.  

If a city had a law on the books prior to 2014 it could keep it (but not change it), if a city had nothing on the books, it cannot pass a new law.

Our Agent knew we were beat up buyers since we lost 3 homes prior and switched agents..The agent influenced us to go non contingent offer waiving everything… if we wanted to win the house.

We lived in this home for 2 years prior to selling.

We are an all electric home and were able to get 96% of year round capacity because we had been year round the year prior but most years we are not.

This code is then entered into your new lock by you, prior to or during the installation.