There is often a time limit on how long you are exempt from paying local taxes on foreign income, and of course you will owe the US for life. 

The one thing I did was develop some life long friendships and deep love for Memphis. 

I see no path for the referenced property to substantially improve a CA OOS RE investor’s life but I can see numerous ways for it to negatively impact their life (including one real bad tenant that does not pay and destroys the place).   

Don't make your life more complicated than it has to be.

Marketing Shift: I’ve noticed that Martel has altered his marketing strategy, moving away from advertising a guaranteed profit on the first deal to a guarantee of helping you buy your first property.

In my past professional life I worked as an attorney for a hotel development company that owned over 1B in assets yet as a company we  did not feel the need to utilize entity structures nearly as complexed or  convoluted as what you arranged. 

I've had some family friends invest there to use later in life as a retirement spot.

This is a safe place for my CO investors to vent.In all seriousness, the dramatic policy increases I have seen numerous investors stomach right now is making us all scratch our heads and wonder what alternative options are out there.

I've had people ask me this on numerous occasions and I have refused.

I feel a more accurate headline for this post is “How I Made Me Lose My Life Savings”