if there is appreciation, but you wouldn’t sell your current home tax free and buy a neighboring home to rent out, (There by raising your cost basis for additional depreciation and lower capital gains tax.) then it probably doesn’t make a good rental property. . 

NOTE: an aggressive attorney can still track you down.LEGAL PROTECTION: By placing your assets in an LLC, you legally separate them from your personal assets.

Originally posted by @Tom Wong:Hi David, Ive been in Tokyo for a long time and just moved out.

Most hard money lenders will want to know about your track record - if you have no experience, partnering with someone who has a track record will likely be an easier path to approval (and likely higher leverage) than applying by yourself. 

I'm a 26 year old from Long Island hoping to acquire my first rental property by the end of the year.

But by putting it into a broadly diversified index fund like others have mentioned, you'll get the higher "expected" returns of the stock market.  

Check out the MHU bootcamp by @Frank Rolfe!

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Read "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene for starters.