I live in California (Central Coast) and have built a 12-door portfolio in Detroit, which has been a great market for both cash flow and long-term potential.Detroit still offers properties well below the $150k mark, with strong rent-to-price ratios and a market that’s seeing growth in key areas.

I can see in states like California, you would end up with a squatter tenant pretty easy, and then you're screwed? 

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India, Malaysia, Vietnam, CA/SA4.  

The condo I'm selling in CA could sell for approximately $600k, and I was thinking of rolling that into 2 condo/townhomes valued at about $250k each, then doing DST for the remaining around $100 for the 1031.

I'm glad to see there are possibilities to invest remotely.We are considering a future project in the United States, specifically in Florida, Texas, or California.

I am only licensed in CA so cannot do it for you.

I am an out of state investor from California.

When choosing tenants (I am in California), it's important to avoid even the appearance of discrimination, especially during in-person meetings.

I like umbrella because there is no worry of being pierced for inadequate separation of finances, if sued you have a heavy weight in your corner who has all the consequences of a defeat, and because usually it is reasonably priced (mine today is not so reasonably priced but I believe it is mostly related to the risks of CA).I do understand that the probability of needing the umbrella policy is low.