If you're really wanting real estate as a "passive" income I would look more into syndication investing and hard money lending.

I just completed my 20 hour course for my Illinois Mortgage Lending License and the final step is taking the state exam.

@Mark Sullivan I'm based out of Rhode Island so not sure if my providers lend where you are located.Biggest thing here, I would look for a portfolio lender.

Hey Cameron, for experienced investors I can lend up to 100% of the purchase and rehab costs on 1-4 unit properties.

Are you asking in terms of lending?

Its a slow learning process if you havent been in the lending, investing or real estate world before.

We work with a lot of OOS investors and showings, inspections, and lending can all be done remote very easily. 

One thing to take into consideration would be the overhead costs of being a cross-border investor, such as entity setup, property management, higher lending rates and tax filing should you choose to have a CPA.

I am interested in working with MB capital in getting unsecured line of credit and possibly hard money lending.

Those are people who have cash/credit and will lend to you if you have a good deal locked up.