Our family income was modest, as we were working jobs in the non-profit sector.

As a US citizen you're taxed on worldwide income, so if there is any gain or other income you report that in the US and a get a foreign tax credit for whatever you have to pay Belgium.

I have offices in hundreds of areas worldwide. 

I don't buy even if the numbers can show a true 10 cap because if anything happens to the property now my returns are at an 8 CAP.If I buy at a 12 and it goes down some I still am at my goal of a 10 percent return.Of course the CAP never takes into effect your debt service because everybody's is different.The beauty of the commercial sector as there are many finance models and deal structures without the regulation BS on the residential side.Class A property is mainly for institutional investors.They are dealing with retirement accounts of differing sectors etc. and are looking for SAFE returns that keep up with inflation and grow a little.A regular investor trying to do WEALTH ACCUMULATION instead of WEALTH PRESERVATION can't grow enough on marginal returns.This is why most investors focus on B,C,D property.You have the quality of the building A,B,C,D and the quality of the location A,B,C,D.Most of the investors like the value add deals where they can create huge returns once stabilized.Typically in this scenario you will get a group of small investors with 75k such as yourself and pool funds together to buy for cash and rehab.

Two in my area are National Corporate Housing and Oakwood Worldwide Corporate Housing. 

Essentially if you were to split Ohio in 4 corners (N,E,S,W) I would work in the north east sector.. while allowing myself to venture just east of the northern part (Cleveland area).

But it'll come.Long-term goal is for brand recognition of the Green Apartment Network - providing value to all kinds of sectors of a market subset.

@Todd Whiddon that scope of work description you gave is very similar to contracts I've managed for many different types of deliverables and services outside of the real-estate sector.  

There is also an option for a $7,999 package if you want to only go into one form of real estate (i.e, you only want to be a flipper - or only want to do a specific sector in commercial).  

Do as much "intern" work as you can in each sector of RE so you get familiar with the nuances of each.