(As AZ and your current state will fight over who gets to tax your gains with the federal government.)I have to throw most of the shade on your horrible tax guy/cpa who didn’t tell you renting it out was a $50-$100k mistake. 

Full disclosure I'm not sure the bull will continue but I'm at 18% return right now so have wiggle room.

Hey man, so I actually left my W2 (biotech) and joined real estate full time due to the number of properties/cash flow I was getting.

Some banks required us to get full apprasial if loan was over a certain amount 500k. 5.

Long term $ can range from 6's-10% range depending on all types of factors - LTV, location, unit count, debt coverage, borrower strength, full doc or lite doc programs, etc..

It take more than 115k for a full gut reno on 1000sqft in philly. lol

I haven't had a full-time employment for a while but I have money saved up to buy a property or two.Is anyone here living abroad also or know anyone living abroad that is not physically buying properties in the USA but abroad?

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

The area was without power, materials were delayed in reaching job sites and the city inspectors were not at full capacity as the City was shut down as well.

If you are new, working a full time W2 and want to get started in REI then these can be a good way to do it.