or as a complete foreigner? 

Tax Treaty, which allows you to claim a foreign tax credit on your Canadian return for taxes paid to the U.S.

But most importantly, you'd have to pay the $800 foreign LLC fee in CA. - one single LLC - easy for administration, but defeats the goal of asset protection.- trusts - deeding each property to a separate land trust each and then the land trusts in turn grant beneficiary to an operating LLC.

If none of those documents exist, a non-expired foreign passport can be used.

Oil Refining Capacity transfers through the Port of Mobile, which ranks the port as 10th in the U.S. for imports and total foreign trade, with a $10 billion impact on the local economy.- Walmart has just opened up a brand new distribution center consisting of 2.6 million square feet, and provides more than 750 new jobs.Economic Information -The City of Mobile has seen extensive revitalization and tremendous economic growth:Business/Corporate Sector- Construction of a new Airbus jet assembly line at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley should move forward rapidly during the coming year.

I dont think it is, @Melanie Baldridge feel free to jump in but foreign assets like this usually follow the tax code from that country.

I do know I can do a series LLC in one state and register if in FL as a foreign LLC but wondering if it then amounts to the same amount of work and costs.  

@Chris SkeatesWe have partners who are foreign investors.

Also check in with @Joseph Chiofalo he handles a lot of our foreign national and international mortgages.

There is a very big expat community and the locals here are very kind to foreigners.