@Jay Hinrichs that's exactly what I was thinking, perhaps I come a master in my own market as opposed going off shore to find it's not what it cracks out to be.

Without me, S2A will accomplish it's mission but it may take a bit longer.I am not advising anything just stating from career my experience and express with exception to my offshore wind efforts which were before their time, I only work of projects or with companies that can be successful. 

I have an offshore friend that lives and invests in New Iberia - I think he has about 12 properties - CJ Albert.

I need funding in 5 stages. 1st stage start up 25k to set up "offshore" corporation and establish the ability to purchase these properties. 2nd stage 60 days after 1st stage funding to buy 1st property. 3rd stage 60 days after 2nd stage funding 400k-1mil to buy 2nd property. 4th stage 60 days after 3rd stage funding 400k-1mil to buy 3rd property. 5th stage 60 days after 4th stage funding 400k-1mil to buy 4th property.

Markets like Las Vegas where The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors recently reported that the median price of existing homes sold in December was down 2 percent from December 2005; Jay Butler of the Realty Studies at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus released his monthly report for December 2006 that shows that Phoenix, like Las Vegas has seen its median home price retreat 2% from $260,000 to $255,900- the lowest median price since July of 2005.I also see global trends and tax advantages leading people offshore.

Since inception 3 years ago we are at about 450 notes in force,  and happy to say and its hard to believe but not one foreclosure.. we have had a few payment snafu's when Wells cut off  shore accounts abruptly..

That reality has changed due to the bail-out of the auto industry and the offshoring of jobs.

If we hire her, she'll also help us (my wife and I) with another unrelated business.I've looked at Fiverr and a few other sites for offshore help but have always been disappointed at the results.

As a member of an LLC making a profit, your friend will have a duty to report and pay taxes on the profit and must have an ITIN (the equivalent of a social security number) in order to do so.The LLC will also need to withhold 25% of the profits before remitting them offshore, which your friend would then report as a payment on his behalf when filing his tax return.I just helped an Australian national set up this exact same situation and am working to set up a system for Chinese nationals to do the same.  

How is income derived from offshore (non-US) agricultural real estate investments (like a turnkey coffee farm) taxed?