As a non-resident, I’m finding the process challenging due to factors like high upfront costs, foreign buyers’ taxes, and financing limitations.I’d love to hear your advice or experiences regarding:•Strategies to manage the high initial costs and foreign buyers’ taxes.

I recommend being anonymous.In some cases if you have a PM, let them advertise it as their own.If you have an llc then the lease and payments go to that.While I do introduce myself to tenants, I don't advertise I'm the owner publicly.

But generally speaking with the new landlord rules etc I wont fund occupied houses whether at auction or non Auction I want them vacant before we fund them.

Id keep looking if it was not an approved short sale ( even an approved short sale takes a very very long time and theres no guarantee that you will even close on the house after months of waiting). q1)There are plenty of non traditional lenders that could offer you construction financing if the numbers make sense but it will cost you with points and a higher rate.

Heck, you process debit cards if you insist for 1/10th the cost and non-reversible. 

There are large areas in the direction of the flight paths that do not have dense populations so it’s mostly a non-issue.

On-site lodging gives our venue a competitive advantage over others without lodging, and also provides us an income stream on non-event nights (by renting them on Airbnb/VRBO/direct).https://www.battengreen.com/

I would recommend reaching out to @Denver McClure as he may be able to help with a non-conventional loan

I think public perception of the Midwest has not caught up to the reality on the ground.

You must exclude the land value, typically allocated based on property tax assessments or an appraisal, as land is non-depreciable.