We currently live in Southern California where good deals for buy and hold are pretty scarce.

Know of several folks who have been very successful in Southern Wisconsin utilizing a similar strategy of buy below market, rehab, rent, refi, and repeat.

Preferrably the Green Valley or Southern area.  

Not sure of your market, I do southern Colorado.

Hi,My name is Erica and I'm a newbie wholesale investor out of southern California.

you can have an LLC 100% controlled by foreign nationals, although a registered local agent should be on the inception of the LLC as well.a CPA in New Zeland can tell you about the NZ laws about dealing with a foreign US entity that you hold (with a specification bout RE)for example in Israel they have their own way to address a US LLC entity becasue there is not a similar vehicle locally so they created 2 tax plans that complement the original tax report you do for your LLC in the US (with a US certified CPA of course)if you still need referrals for an LLC setup I can check it up for you(in some states like FL you can simply do it yourself online I believe, don't know about Tennessee)

I grew up on the island of O'ahu, HI, but have lived in Northern and Southern California for the last 18 years now.  

Born and raised in Mississippi, but currently I find myself living in southern California in the Redondo Beach area.

Awesome weather today in Southern Cali :)

Hi Israel!