I did all my other due diligence like asking for paystubs, W2s, Tax returns, Employment verification, bank statements etc etc and did not see any red flags overall.

This type of investment can also offer great tax deduction, depending on your situation.Best of luck on your first deal, feel free to connect with more questions.

I'm not a fan of flipping simply because I hate paying taxes when I don't have to.

Note if monthly rent is 0.5% purchase ratio, the property tax will be ~20% of the rent.  

I’ve read quite a few posts about foreign investor financing but most seem to deal with non-citizen investors without US credit or personal tax filings.

I forgot to add that the insurance and tax is included in my mortgage of $2,005.

The judge had doubts about the veracity of the website I was using to collect the rent (I gave him a print out of the payments and non-payments from the website) and thought we should have driven to unlock the door for the tenant when he locked himself out (3 hours) instead of telling him that was his issue and he should call a locksmith.In the end the judge asked him how much he thought he owed us and he did his calculations in the courtroom, not having this prepared. 

You must exclude the land value, typically allocated based on property tax assessments or an appraisal, as land is non-depreciable.

I again state the problem is with the underwriting.  8.5% vacancy, pm 15%, 25% turn over (using my reduced numbers) or 37.5% using your actual, my minimum maint/cap ex would be 50%, prop tax, insurance, missed payment (seeing my vacancy only included the one month turn over), P&I?

There is no Property tax GIS map.