But as long as you CAN find those smokin' deals and those rich end-Buyers, you are being quite realistic. 

Under the circumstances that they have tried to list their house themselves with no success or they have listed their house through the traditional method without any success.

My plan started from a simple concept I found in reading rich dad, poor dad.....Buy income producing assets and have your assets pay your liabilities. 

As you've discovered, many traditional lenders won't work with US borrowers who have only foreign earned income.

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If you qualify for a traditional loan I would go for it!

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Traditional financing is not an option for these houses, so you are down to investors with vision and there are not a lot of us out there.

Our traditional bank will not give us a mortgage and now I am scrambling to find financing.

Traditionally these are the exact areas that can appreciate the most.