Pay attention to realtors who are wanting to provide value and provide resources and make time for your inquiries without ever expecting anything from you in return.

@Michelle Hardy Just adding, check your local city too for their requirements, many have specific requirements that the state may not have.Here in VT in the towns my properties are in, there is not a requirement to keep them separate or pay interest. 

I'm thinking if I ask the tenant to pay the other half, I'll probably need to make an amendment to the lease to reflect that.

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. 

@Helena Lee, I do not have experience with it, BUT I would expect to pay capital gains on the bitcoin. 

Depending on how close I was to having 20% equity in the property and being able to avoid PMI, I’d consider using some of my cash to pay down the mortgage when I refinanced.

That is what we thought, but are being told we have to pay SS and medicare on this now even though it is "deferred." 

If they failed to pay the bill and utilities are shut off, they are responsible for any damages caused.

what would be the justification for paying that much?

So I did not pay extra for it, but chose it anyway over other places.