When I return to the country after my Au Pair contract ends, I hope to live in the property as my primary residence and house-hack as well.I understand that investing remotely makes things more challenging, but I am also ready to be uncomfortable and challenge myself in this journey as I know it is 100% possible.

I also remember a time when we could claim a dependent on our tax returns even if the dependent didn't have a SSN. 

When you say "we," are you speaking about your business or your personal tax returns, or does your business flow into your personal returns because you file as a sole proprietor?  

From an operational standpoint you might also want to consider the cost of any extra tax returns that are needed by the entity as well as any extra accounting fees.Good Luck!

$7,500 invested in the market at 8% return over 3 years is close to $9,500 in total. 

It's not as simple as homes that were burned being rebuilt and original owners returning to them.

Usually you have to pay for the privilege of getting a return phone call from an attorney.(9) We have over 30,000 of uncollected judgements on six cases and like the LA fires, try to forget about getting back what you had, move on and take precautions never to get into that situation again.

and that was owner occ.. todays rates are pretty normal actually. what you can do if you want though is find a really good HML and let them place a loan for you making 10 to 12% while your wait for things to change to a situation that you feel you want to move forward be more net return than buying a rental thats for sure. of course no tax bene's but there really is not that much tax benefit on one rental.. so just some alternatives. 

They are able to See a COC return within weeks of the down payment, when the unit rents. 

Way better returns on the cost seg than you'd ever cash flow from an LTR.