In your scenario, like it's mentioned above, the land is really only valuable to neighbor's whose properties border it.

You could retain the net earnings in the U.S.A. entity to be reused for a new investment.Again ... you should sit down with your team of advisors (accountant & solicitor who are well versed in cross-border real estate investing) and determine what entity structures and organisation work best for your objectives.

Hi, I live in New Richmond, WI so I'm just over the border from Minneapolis/St.

. :( Each is a gamble..

find a mexican contractor. they will know friends or have kids that can make some extra money by acting as your translator.we are nowhere near the border but i seem to have 5 mexican contractors' numbers in my phone.

Another example. 10 Miles north of the Detroit city limit ( 8 mile is the line for the city border) is a city called Birmingham.

Forget about seeing one on the MLS.I'm currently gathering info on rentals in the North Nashville area, which was once sketchy (and is still in parts), but is bordered by nice neighborhoods now.

I'm right across the border in La Crosse Wi.

deals 7 and 8 had a partner - he found the home, I fixed it up, managed the rehab, he sold it, we split the net profit...these were ok deals we split $20,000 on each deal but they took 5 months and 9 months respectively due to issues with contractors doing shoddy work....so if you figure our profit at an hourly rate these were not barn burners...but hey it's $20,000 I didn't have before, so I am fine with that#8 paid $265K used hard money, spent ZERO on rehab, wholesaled it in 12 days for $360,000, that was a nice one (sad back story on this one, owner of the property was busted for selling drugs and arrested, then deported to Mexico, so wife took over the drug selling biz...then she got popped, in order for me to be able to close on the home, Escrow had to go to the jail to have the wife sign, then hire a mobile notary to drive down to the SD/Mexico border to have the husband sign) death, divorce, drugs, disease....the 4 D's that create real estate opportunities, sad but true#9 paid $205K used hard money, spent $25K on rehab, sold for $300,000#10 paid $90K for 3/2 SFR, used hard money, spent $3500 on rehab, rented out for $850/month, slight negative cashflow currently (-$150/month), market value is $130K now, plan on refinancing into better loan in 3 months#11 paid $108K for 3/1 SFR used hard money, spent $3000 on rehab, rented out for $850/month, slight negative cashflow currently (-$190/month, market value is $140,000 now, plan on refi into better loan in 3 months#12 paid $125,000 for 4/2 SFR used hard money, spent $0 on rehab, house already had a tenant in it paying $900/month, will be raising rent to $1100/month, market value is $160,000, plan on refi into better loan in 3 months#13 invested $50,000 with my parents to buy a triplex, for $530,000, property cashflows $1000/month from day one, and value has increased to $700,000--------------------------------in current pipeline/in escrow - thru these deals I've made good friends and I've made my hard money lender some good money, hard money lender let me know he has $5,000,000 +/- sitting in the bank looking for houses to invest in, and he's given me the green light.

It is always better to hire GC with insurance and pay a little more than take the gamble because you might have a pro tenant who might step on a nail in a piece of wood the GC laid down and the GC has no insurance guess who they will go after.