As a non-resident, I’m finding the process challenging due to factors like high upfront costs, foreign buyers’ taxes, and financing limitations.I’d love to hear your advice or experiences regarding:•Strategies to manage the high initial costs and foreign buyers’ taxes.

And we are processing more each week.

If you plan on buying these properties using a mortgage its also best to begin the pre approval process and work with an investor friendly lender to help guide and educate you what the best product might be for your projects to make sure you dont already max out your borrowing power after the first deal.

Help property owners, not to take advantage of or hurt the property sales process.

I planned to do a piggyback HELOC to have access to quick capital in case a good next deal came along but it has been a long drawn out process and right at closing they decided they needed a new appraisal.

@Vernon Welch II most tenants offering to pay their rent upfront are trying to compensate for negative qualification issues.NEVER override your screening process just because someone offers to pay several months upfront!

It’s exciting to hear you’re diving into real estate investing and involving your daughter in the process — house hacking a small multifamily is a great way to start.

However, I have helped a couple people with extremely basic home layouts when they were in the process of remodeling their home.

I have never seen a hard money loan take 8-10 weeks to process. 

So even if new construction were to pick back up, it would take at least two years for anything to hit the market.What I really like about this area is how difficult it is to build and how long the permitting process takes.