Hi,I'm new to this forum and I come from Geneva, Switzerland in Europe, I found a lot of very interesting informations and rules, like the 50% and the 2% rules, on BiggerPockets but it seems to be impossible to invest in my local market with these rules so I registred to try to see what you, US expert, thinks about the situation in Geneva and what I should/can do here.First things First, in Switzerland everything is expensive, and housing is specialy expensive in Geneva since we have a lot of banks, international companies, NGO and even the United Nations who brings a lot of very high paid employes to our city.The whole Switzerland is probably smaller than most states in the US and Geneva is a small state in Switzerland.

I only get one chance at a "first" deal, and I know the first one is the most important as it could make or break a first time investor.Between working full time, and attending school full time, my time is a little pressed to do my due diligence for each property I'm interested in.I'm also looking into trying to intern or get a part time entry level job with a real estate office or property management company as a way to further pursue my education.

They want to be my "intern".

I will do a criminal background check on all of them.

Additionally, this semester I am interning the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and I am learning a lot about state grants that are available to rehabbers and investors for value projects or new development in lower income areas.

I have an international client with properties in zips 46201 and 46221.He has been ripped off big time by a dishonest turnkey company and I am trying to help him get the properties stabilized.

Internal obsolescence can be controlled or modified, such as a floor plan requiring traffic to go through a bed room to enter a or the only bathroom, or having a bedroom off a living area requiring traffic to go through a living area to get to a bathroom.Social aspects, popularity of an area, shift over time and may change the market aspects of any residence.It's rather naïve to walk up to any property and declare that the property will be purchased and kept forever if it is influenced by community factors.

While your opinion is duly noted, and I agree that the opportunity cost is higher to rent elsewhere in most cases, the fact is, under the definition by the International Accounting Standards Board, the example would fall under a liability.

They could all be criminals or professional tenants that intentionally were omitted from the application.

Yes it can signal criminals to a vacant home but alot of my applicants come from driving by seeing the sign or someone they know seeing the signI personally leave a light on when I have it vacant.