We can't secure financing via the banks in the other country since we are not citizens and even holding property is tricky. 

As a creditor, you're treated as a 2nd (or 3rd) class citizen and it's difficult to even get them to communicate with my attorney.

The problem is that I'm not a citizen.

It would be 3 of them and 1 US citizen who is employed.  

From what I've been told, you must have established credit and credit history here in the US or be a US citizen in a foreign country with US credit.However, I'm not a lender, lawyer, cpa, or broker.

I’m not sure what the answers are for San Francisco but the fruit of their current policy is obviously death and destruction for those on the street and unsafe conditions for the law abiding citizens.

This limits the options they have, when compared to my US citizen clients.

We have a strict screening guideline, and although a bad tenant sneaks through from time to time, we have mostly great tenants.The dicey activity tends to stay away from properties that have surveillance and law-abiding citizens. 

If you are not a US citizen it is hard to qualify for a mortgage.

This goes for how it interferes with it`s own citizens personal lives as well.