I have property here in San Antonio as an active duty member as well and there are over 10k properties listed for rent in the city.

The tenant pays a monthly premium and keeps an active bank account and credit card on file.

While I could write a whole dissertation as to way, I have no appetite to enter into a kind of discussion in which too often egos become prevalent over helping one another.What I would do if I was in your position is to ask about investing in the US to somebody who actively invests there and ask about investing overseas to somebody who actively invests in Europe and the Caribbean and then draw your own conclusions.

We recently purchased our "forever" home together in another county and applied for a homestead but of course we were denied because they found out we had 3 active ones in another county.

Probably some predatory or fraudulent activity here that should be investigated.

Focus on building and maintaining active income first.

My role will be running day to day operations/ property management/ taking calls and running all activities after the rehab.Our initial thoughts are 1/3 equity.Quick Rental details: we purchased the home for 30k.

You will need to find partners, you will need to travel to where you wish to invest, you will need to understand the ins and outs of the business by being actively involved and treating it like a business and not some super passive investment.If you don't want to do that work I suggest you just put that 200k into some sort of diversified mutual fund that can make you 10+% on your money without any of the work of real estate.At the end of the day this is just my advice and I'm only a stranger on the internet.

If this current realtor isn't getting it done for you, I have a broker/PM that fits that description that I can connect you with if you'd like.There are also very active investor groups on Facebook if you want to try the FSBO route.

In fact, many, though not all, of these “experts” are washed up and no longer active in the market.