Understanding their cash flow is critical.I especially like your idea of communication clauses—non-responsiveness is a huge red flag, and setting expectations upfront can save a lot of headaches later.

Non-US citizens can have LLCs in the US which will allow you to have a business in the US, pay taxes, and comply with laws.

I think the VA loan house hack is an incredible opportunity for service members, and I think you could absolutely take advantage of it if you'd like to! 

I'm curious if anyone has found a reasonably-priced virtual bookkeeping service that is familiar with real estate investing?

Lending favors w2 employment.Self employed have; Non of the above. exactly my point if your going to be self employeed you need to make a bunch more than your salary with bene's.

It varies deal to deal, on one property maybe up to 65% LTV, but if you have more collateral the more likely they can make something work.For example, I've done numerous deals where we place a 2nd on 4-5 properties and the lender feels comfortable lending x amount of dollarsThese are very non traditional loans and no two will ever be the same.

We all know the loans end up at the banks or investors and their servicers.. ???

yes how much money do you have anyone that knows it is making a lot of money you are only going to slow them down. get the wallet out and pay for advisory services.

There are other free services out there as well.If you only have a couple units and that is all you want and you never plan to hand off property management then you can probably just collect checks and have tenants text you.Personally I don’t like tenants texting me issues, they are too easily missed or forgotten about.

Recently a prominent marketer of Cleveland rental properties and property management services named Bob Prisco was exposed for being less than honest in his business dealings and posting activity here on BiggerPockets.