Welcome to BP - I'm sure you'll learn a lot here and connect with other individuals who have the same interests!

I would also caution if you are intending on a vacation rental be very cautious of the individual town restrictions.

I’m so happy to be here and would love to connect with like minded individuals 😁Welcome!

Yep for one especially in the early stages a hard credit pull would not be useful, just have them do soft checks for the time being and opt out of credit solicitation: www.optoutprescreen.com I could be biased... that said typically working with one lender than can help regardless of where you're looking and having a relationship with that will provide the easiest and most cost effective route long term. 

These were plats of subdivisions that were platted and recorded in the early 1900's but never developed and generally owned by one individual or company.

I am hoping that by joining Bigger Pockets, I will meet many like minded individuals seeking financial freedom, for rental cashflow.  

Never to the lender or individual.

We’d love to connect with like-minded individuals and seasoned investors to learn from their experiences.5.

Most foreign buyers are high net worth individuals who want to park their money there in a safe haven and they don't need BP.No restrictions apply to American buyers in the countries they'd generally want to buy, including those mentioned by Federico and many other popular countries.When it comes to Spain specifically, some more conservative banks will ask you for a 40% downpayment (that would be the maximum) but that isn't the rule.

Since they are 1099 independent contractors, payroll taxes are not paid by the brokerage so agents have to pay about 20-30% out of the portion of the commission they get to Uncle Sam for income taxes, depending on their tax bracket and individual tax situation of course.