Her team has been doing an excellent job at managing and growing my portfolio consists of core investments ( stocks & bonds) and satellite investments like gold mines, etc.

Hi @Stefano Vrolijk, my team and I help foreign citizens purchase investment properties all the time.

Quote from @Lisa Albright: Hi All,Newbie here, just a quick question we are building an addition on our second home, we have a primary residence, and two rental properties.

Are you self managing those properties?

First, all properties that appreciate the appreciation is based on the property value, not the equity. 

Can your property actually afford a 90% LTV loan at 8+%? 

I'm looking at buying turnkey (through a well known provider on BP), and would like an independent property inspector.

Sounds like a pretty cool property, good luck!

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

I am eyeing up a property I want to buy that costs much more than usual so my plan was to use a hard money loan to purchase, and rehab it with my own money, then sell.