The number one problem with RentRedi is the total lack of customer support and yes with Intuit you will have to talk to an oversees call center but every question I needed help with got answered and all problems got resolved.

For REP status federally, you must meet two requirements: work 750+ hours in real estate activities and spend more than 50% of your total working hours on these activities during the tax year.

However, from a real world day to day experience it's a totally different animal.

They mentioned having two mortgages on the property worth about $400,000 in total.

Basically does it all and the customer service and response time on the in app or online chat is insanely fast. 

I’m no longer house hacking, and all three units are rented out, generating a total of $8,200/month in rental income.

Quote from @Zach Howard: Quote from @Jonathan Greene: If you are looking at properties in the US only on Zillow, and not seeing them in person (I know you are in Hong Kong), this is just an effort in futility because you can't underwrite single-family or small multifamily deals only online.

Typically whatever the material cost is double that to get the price for total.

I totally understand and acknowledge the idea of investing where you currently live. 

Why not have an online meetup in the second week of April?