-Since it is a US territory, it isn't considered international investing and most US banks can finance thereSome of the downsides:-Recently declared bankruptcy-Infrastructure is still developing. 

Declare the income and take the expenses for your share. 

You can declare the home is your primary residence and qualify for VA.

Only your Declaration can identify exactly what you are responsible for, and therefor what elements you need to plan for their capex.

@Paul Magda Of course, the only part of this deal that is attractive is the zero % financing (which she’ll have to declare the irs imputed interest rate and pay taxes on some interest anyway).

I could declare her apt abandoned if she wasn't there. 

I'm interested in developing the muscle of analyzing properties and getting the feel of different markets.

Would someone returning to the us from Dubai with money to declare arouse suspicion assuming its a lot of money?

I would declare it abandoned, pack his stuff up and place it in storage, and then use the deposit to pay as much as I could.

For 3 years now, 3-flippin-years, I have been on this platform combating the disinformation of various degrees shouting from as loudly as they can that "THE END IS NIGH" declaring for ___(insert the reasoning)___ real estate is going to '08' style collapse.