Am a dual citizen (US & Portugal) and work remote, have been considering investing in Porto, Portugal (highly touristy area that has been growing tremendously not only in value, but in tourism) where my family is from or getting a multifamily here in the states (currently live in the tri-state area).

I have 25+ years of experience in the real estate industry and can help you tremendously from a tax knowledge perspective.

There is a tremendous amount of information available to you here. 

the necessary repairs are as follows:  water heater missing, furnace looks old. paint all rooms, new flooring needed in most rooms, ( something i can do myself), recondition kitchen, replace entry doors. the house already has a newer roof and newer vinyl siding, virtually no work necessary on the outside. given my rehab skills, nothing will need to be contracted out, so i am able to save a tremendous amount of money on the rehab, which is why the following rehab number is so low.

Tax lien laws vary tremendously from state to state.

I can't say my profitability over the last 6 years was a resounding success, as I am sure if I invested in Manhattan, or the stock market, I would have done -TREMENDOUSLY- well.

Thank you all in advance for the tremendous help.Have a great day.

To give some more information on my plan, I am in the beginning stages of contacting lawyers, agents, contractors, mortgage brokers, and hard money lender to build out my contact list.Simultaneously, I am beginning to develop systems for generating leads.I have been listening to the BP Podcast for the past year and it has been a tremendous help in driving my interest in REI.  

I have been watching some webinars for the past few Wednesday's and there is a tremendous amount of knowledge. 

I'm the most active agent at a small lake community near me and know that those properties just take a tremendous amount of time to sell, but the caliber of buyers are significantly different too, which means I'm making some great connections, even if they never end up buying anything.