One more thing I should address:  Installing cameras inside of a residence with other tenants can be a HUGE legal violation.  

I worked with a travel nurse who does shift work and 5 lenders said that they couldn’t finance her primary residence purchase and I ended up making it happen for her. 

Because they were primary residences, we had homesteads on all of them.

I am all for owning your own residence, but really it comes down to your current situation.

Investment Info:Single-family residence wholesale investment.

Your income isn't high enough for it to make sense as a rental and the closer you get to your residence limit the greater pressure you will have to sell it before losing your exclusion in whole or part. 500k right now can make $15k per year income with zero maintenance or tenant risks. 

I am by no means good at making websites, I still haven't been able to embed the listings page, apply now, or resident log in buttons to my website.Just curious what others are doing to make an easier process.Thanks! 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

@Jonathan Greene I'm not sure what you mean by "most will not cash flow as an out-of-country investor" as it might suggest that the cash-flow of a given property has something to do with the nationality or residence of the owner but, in any case, you're absolutely correct that, historically, the net rental yields of LTRs in US cash-flow markets like the Mid-West have been typically higher than in the average European market, although that wouldn't be the case for many other US markets like California or New York.