I am from North Carolina but manage my current rental arbitrage properties in Medellin, Colombia & Rio de Janeiro Brazil.Now, I am looking to start buying real estate - likely in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina where I am from, but also open to new markets.I stretched myself very thin on my arbitrage business, so my cash is very low. 

Quote from @James De Stefano: Some of the more seasoned vets here know all about foundation repair, but for thought this could be helpful for anyone starting out.  60 seconds background:Houston is essentially built up on a swamp, couple that with back 2 back brutal summers with little rain, and nearly everyone I've talked with recently has some sort of foundation issues creeping up. 

My asset protection attorney setup a Delaware Statutory Trust for my rentals.

My name is Rolando De La Cruz and I live in Texas.

Your lower level GCs can be just anybody, not the creme de la creme that they are in Cali, they're even fingerprinted and background checked with the FBI.

Delaware - 8%Assuming there's additional nuance here with states like California and Alaska handling taxation at local levels, but what are you all hearing in your neck of the woods? 

Consider a DST: A Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) is a tax-efficient, estate-planning friendly option for accredited investors.

My wife and I are moving, and we're debating whether to rent our ~2400 sq ft 4 BR single-family home in Newark, DE instead of selling. 

Quote from @Paul De Luca: @Nilusha JayasingheConnect with @Samuel Pavlovcik Thank you for the rec, yes I called his office :) 

With that, having properties de-leaded is something that any investor should very much consider as all of these programs will require it.Like Dan mentioned, a lot of properties do have separate utilities.