Describing yourself as an ex-pat is irrelevant.It depends on whether you are a US Citizen/Resident or not, which it seems like you are.I think you need to have a conversation with your CPA and determine what your tax burden would be on a direct sale.Now that you know that number, decide if you would prefer not to pay that as a tax, if you feel that way, see if you can do a 1031 exchange.

Just so I understand.You are not a resident or a citizen of the United States right?

After all, they've already defaulted on their debt several times and they have already resorted to confiscate the pension money of their own citizens.

Many of whom are some of our best citizens.

Also I'm a US citizen, I'm just living in Australia at the moment.

You can own rental property and be a good citizen.

One sort of solution I see for you wanting a higher LTV threshold is to potentially add a US citizen to the LLC (friend, family member, or business partner perhaps if they have US Citizenship) and have them as the personal guarantor on the loan.

I'm new to the forum so nice to meet everyone :) I'm 26 y/o,  US Citizen living abroad and really want to start investing in US real estate.

Hi, as a Canadian citizen living in Canada, I want to invest in U.S. properties.

He also directed me to Citizens Property Insurance for better pricing when other carriers were super high.