Hope you can come back soon, the city and the beach are as beatiful as always and things look brighter after the tough times we had 4-5 years ago which probably you read on the newspapers.

To be more specific, I'm looking exclusively for seasoned birddogs, or newbie's starting out and looking to climb the real estate totem pole, so to speak.

I have dealt exclusively with single family up to this point but recently got interested in multifamily.  

As mentioned by others you can use the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion which for 2013 should be about $97,000.

Most, but not all, of our work is here in Hyde Park.I renewed my RE Sales license in 2012 almost exclusively to have reliable access to comps.

A quick google search suggests that they can be found listed in local newspapers, but I don't know if this is true (however I think I will try to find out).

But then again, I have access to an exclusive printing company through a business associate, but I am able to pass along savings to my clients.I also use sendoutcards.com for some things.

I've faced the same question several times and have found an approach that worked for me as an individual investor and now as a Realtor in Las Vegas whose business is almost exclusively investors.By education I am an engineer and I've learned that you have to reverse the process in order to find the solution you are seeking.

Is it common to have a "normal" Exclusive Buyers Agency contract or is it more common to simple get on a buyers list?

And I sure don't want to be on the cover of the newspaper as taking advantage of an old lady with a husband dying of cancer.