I've worked with a ton of international investors and I do offer mentoring through my personal company (not affiliated with any one real estate provider).

Not only that, make sure that the company that you will be writing checks to is the actual contractor's company, and not some "affiliate company" ,that will later turn out to be an empty shell.

(I have no affiliations with Brad other than having a few of his materials myself.)Try giving him a call to see what you can pick from his brain gratis, and you might consider buying some of those training materials.

I wanted to share a site I've found very useful for quickly assessing rental rates; it's not mine, I am not affiliated in any way, I just use it a lot!

You can legally do everything you need to do with the real estate license, affiliated with a broker.

I've been looking for a good "investor friendly" broker to affiliate with for a few months now.

I am not sure how much down payment you are looking to put down, but I did read just a week or so ago that EconoHomes has some sort of loan program or affiliation with a lender that will loan to investors even if not an Econohome property.

I'd also suggest you start an LLC, it's cheap here, to keep a low profile in this area as you are also a lender soliciting Realtors ;)Can you get on the MLS as an affiliate at the office?

I have no affiliation with these events, I just think they would be a great help to you.

I have no affiliation with them, but they talked me out of my first target property (thankfully!)