Greetings, finding a business/real estate lawyer that will actually return calls or emails has been taxing so I decided to post here to get the advice from all the gurus. Spouse and I are small time real estate invest...

In my experience in foreign countries, there is often less consumer protections/ no central MLS or licensing/ greater risk to the principals, much more red tape, and overall higher transactions costs than here so it's important to look at the whole picture not just the commish %.

Buying real estate is NOT a foreign affair to anyone from any country.

Day) should certainly be brought into question.Kevin your sitting over in a foreign land and not really knowing what trolling is .. but it its sharing a strongly held opinion based on 20 years of funding over 2,000 turn key properties in 12 markets... well then I guess that's what I am doing..

If you plan on self-managing the properties, then you’ll likely need to register each LLC as foreign entity in state of CA and pay franchise tax for each one.

I also noticed that tenants who are on DHS scheme usually have a higher turnover (e.g move in and out rather quick).As a foreigner, I have to rely everything on the property managers.

It is mostly acts like a foreign currency today and that might require currency conversion beforehand to find any same day US dollar value.

Other items such as having accounts in a foreign country.If you are single/married, with a few W-2's, interest/dividend accounts with one rental property.

So, if you create an LLC in another state, you will likely need to register it as a foreign LLC in California.

Pretty much all the banks in Mexico lending to foreigners offer better terms but there are other countries offering better terms as well.