I am an international students on F1 visa starting PhD in this fall. 

They agent is claiming that it was done as part of them getting the US VISA.

My fiancée, Adriana, and I have been doing all kinds of research on how to get started, and we decided investing out of state would be our first goal.

This situation in no way shape or form relieves the landlord of the contractual obligations to his/her broker and any commissions due cooperating brokers vis a vie the commission agreement.Assuming the landlord complied with statutory disclosures, this is not a licensing issue.

I am off the hook.. vis a vi my brokers license or any other problems.. an sold it to a developer 8 months later for 975k.. 725k is a nice payday in anyone's play book...  

I handle a lot of EB5 investor visas.

Chantelle If you want to help him buy it the best way is to fill out a 1003 mortgage application which is a federal form you can find on the Internet  Then find a mortgage broker to look it over  I would march him down to the bank and open up a savings account to save up 3 to 5% for a down payment  Wells Fargo just created a 5% down plan which might be better than the FHA program Charge him market rent and give him a right of first refusal which protects him for a period of time.If he needs help creating a stronger FICO score, have him open up a secured loan with the bank for a thousand dollars, and apply for an installment loan that's  securedAlso have him open up a secured Visa card If he can create new positive credit references, it'll help his ability to get a mortgage.I coach seller financing so if I can help you let me know

My husband is from the island and is here on a visitors visa.

Normal premiums for this money vis a vi conventional money is a 50 to 150% premium.  

Been a long time since I went through process but I think you will need to this to work in US so you can be 1099ed in addition to the work Visa, and also be paid referral fees from another agent.