I am an American (DFW originally) currenlty living overseas, looking to invest in RE in DFW area.  

.- Second option is to partner with a few american family members with great credit score and possibly buy with 20% down using more traditional financing.I hear other options as well like using portfolio lenders, seller financing etc.

ThreatsIncrease in Rental Inventory will slow rent Growth - Rental Bubble May Be Looming With Over 13,000 Multi-Family Rental Units Under Construction Or ProposedGood Read: American Rental Housing - Evolving Markets and Needs - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

I came here to get a heart transplant and thankfully got one.I am a California real estate broker and have been a agent/broker since 1965 ( have it inactive at the moment, but that is to change soon) and would sue if the need arose because I don't like government sticking their nose where it doesn't belong, and I hate anything that erodes the common sense individual rights of american citizens.

A friend of mine told me he got his $100K American Express by using his other cards for business working capital and paying off in full every month.

I am not a marriage councilor, a quick cash business, bank, humane society etc etc.I say all this to make the point------- Have a lease    Stick to it       Be firm     Don't make concessions     It's an agreement/contract       Hold them accountable     They are an adult      Don't accept a reduced rent because you feel bad for them - this is a business not a charity.Because you accepted some sort of payment of rent you may not be able to count this month as violating the lease on the rent amount - you will have to check state and local laws.On the pet provision that was broken, you should be able to give them a 30 day vacate notice for violating the lease agreement.

Same with American cars.

Real estate has created more millionaires than anything else in American history. 

When we spend massive amounts of public (or printed) money on huge infrastructure projects of marginal value and financing huge corporations at obscenely low rates while charging small businesses a huge risk premium, society at large suffers. 

First I got an American Express Blue Cash Preferred Card for my business credit card.