Ultimately, you will need to have the borrowed funds in USD and ideally in your US business entity bank account to sail through underwriting with US lenders on US properties.Caveat: the rates will likely be something like 10-12% so it would not make sense on a long-term holding, more like on a down payment on a purchase and rehab value-add project that you will eventually sell (or cash-out refinance) to pay off the borrowed funds in a few months. 

If you have a lot of liquidity and a great paying W2 and can support your rentals, focus on appreciation/equity.

Conversation in local Bar, say I would pay all CASH How did you finance this deal?

what would be the justification for paying that much?

Is there anyway to defer taxes on selling a business or do I just have to suck it up and pay the capital gains? 

.- It's not profitable for them to search for under-market priced houses, figure out repairs needed or what other problem is pushing the price down and do even more for a newbie investor that has analysis-paralysis and may never buy anything.Some questions you'll want to share the answers to with any agent you choose:1) Are you paying cash or getting a mortgage?

Ran the numbers through two different spreadsheets and am very aware of how much we'll pay to the PM.

Push through it, you may even need to have a second, consistent paying job and thats OK, until you get established.

Hello BP,The Producer Price Index (PPI) is a valuable metric to monitor, as it measures inflation from a business perspective (what businesses pay for services/goods) that isn't always reflected in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or "inflation" which is commonly discussed in headlines and among other investors.

They are lending to people who are so desperate they will pay 16+% for the loan.