Some banks even offer features that allow account holders to manage individual tenant information within one account, making the process more convenient.

I believe Paula Pant had a recent podcast episode on Afford Anything that featured a couple who lives in Japan and invests in the US.

But from my understanding, the captial gains exclusion has two main criterias - you must have owned the home in the last 2 to 5 years and must have lived in the home in the last 2 to 5 years. 

My main goal is to find something relatively close to the DMV area but without the DMV price tag.

As long as the property cash flows, that's what is mainly needed. 

Since you are renting out part of your primary residence in Maryland, your main concerns should be liability protection and tax compliance rather than complex asset structures.

@Dave Chengoue there are a lot of opportunities in the area, the main thing is to create your team to help you execute.You also have to evaluate your strategy.

After doing research on the market (see above noted indicators) and creating an investor deck (mainly to prove to  myself as the main capital provider.

They still have not confirmed one of the main ones I want (OMG category for my mirror house) but they said they are having tech issues. 

The strategy I'm following for my first house hack is to acquire a multifamily property (duplex, triplex, quadplex) or SFH w/ an ADU (or potential for an ADU) as I am mainly looking to simultaneously acquire my first property and subsidize my mortgage payment.