My boyfriend wanted to set this one up as an individual room rental (very common in his native UK) and he wanted to see how the business model would work here.  

You just throw some seeds in the ground, higher a few illegal immigrants for slave wages and sell the stuff to grocery stores right?

I've invested over in Europe in some crowd funding real estate projects (particularly UK where crowd-funding is a widely accepted alternative financing method) .

It’s a cute area with houses set back from the street, a trend created by Belgian immigrants who settled here and continued their tradition of having gardens in the front yards.A lot of urban farmers are interested in this neighborhood.

As I own my own property business, I do at least 3-6 deals with foreigners each month, mostly from the UK, Australia and other African countries....surprisingly never anyone from the US!

Nice idea to partner with another investor...just need to find someone where there's mutual trust.My only other option is to find a CPA or organization that can help me transfer my pension funds in the UK to my US account!

This course is supposed to get you started and help you with the necessary (or some of the essential) orientation on foreclosure properties.Provided that I am in the UK, I was advised flipping houses could be done from anywhere....so my physical location shouldn't be of any concern.

Pro:Appreciation , which is almost similar to CA market, and much better appreciation than US nationwide appreciation.No huge amount of tax when selling,etc,etc,etcCould match with lifestyle or "partner" choice"Much cheaper and return is worthed the dollarCons:lower cap rate than USA in general, even compare to CALeasehold vs Fee simpleCurrency depreciationNo financingI am back and forth investing internationally and US in last few decadeThe huge advantage of US investing is that, in general, even for CA perspective, home still so cheap, go to new zealand or UK to understand the concept of "expensiveness" of real estate LoL

There is no scam and I find it appalling that you want to deny math.If you can show how you get access to equity in your simple interest universe where the lender requires you to spend the vast majority of your monthly payment on your amortized mortgage to cover interest, I would be happy to hear how.Otherwise I suggest you stay away from the word scam - or maybe you read up on how houses in Australia and the UK are financed.

Every person in the US (and even illegal immigrants) will get treated at an ER if something bad happens - even if it is at your rental property.