Could we invite them all?  

There are plenty of community organizations (eg churches, charities) that they could reach out to for help and they should have done that sooner. 

There are plenty of banks across the US that also have a stated income heloc (in the Carolinas, First Citizens will do up to $100k with no income verification). 

Tenants save money when using a shared meter, so there's plenty of room for error when calculating how to distribute the charges.

I remember being excited to refinance at 5%.  9% was good rate and plenty of loans were 12% or more.

I own properties in cleveland and yes one might argue that cap rates are a bit lower than in detroit but the market isn't as overheated and there are plenty of opportunities.

Learn the eviction procedure for your area, perhaps contact a lawyer in the field to help you with this one, and get the fraudster you're currently housing out on the sidewalk to sleep in a cardboard box where they belong.You're going to lose plenty of money here, but this will never happen to you again, and you can minimize your losses if you move as quickly as possible.

It is not very difficult or complicated to evaluate commercial real estate, there are plenty of good books available that can teach you how, textbooks, online courses, community college classes, even excellent youtube videos etc, and it is actually quite enjoyable in the process to learn.

There's zero reason to do this when there are plenty of options to avoid it. 

Quote from @Zach Howard: Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Quote from @Zach Howard: Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Hi Zach,There’s plenty of options to acquire realestate in the states.Your income does not matter as much as your liquid capital for a down payment, for foreign investors we are looking at 30-35% down payment on DSCR loans.