That's what you get going with national chain accountants who don't really have a clue who you are and what you're doing.

 Given I am a lender and have seen 1000's of rent rolls across the nation, IMO this number will range from 8-12% depending on the factors @John Warren mentioned above.

I live in Los Angeles and a couple of years ago I bought a tiny homestead cabin on 5 acres about 2 hours away in the hi-desert of California near Joshua Tree National Park.

Hey BP nation, I have a question and could use some advice.

I can tell you on commercial deals if someone calls me that is an individual investor and tells me on the phone they have every Tom,Dick, and Harry looking for them as a strategy I hang up.I expect that from large commercial companies that buy nationally hundreds of millions a year and ONLY want the deal.

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-Build US credit anyway you can-Make sure to have a US bank accountMany commercial lenders will loan to foreign nationals as long as you have a visa, ssn or tin, US credit, and a US bank account. 

Can't say the same for the condo rental market in San Francisco.With that said, the amazing thing about San Francisco, in one of the highest cost living areas of the country, is that it continues to buck the trend with surveys showing a rent payment of over 95% which is far higher than the national average of between 80-85%.

This is not a residential property, we don't do open houses :-DIf the package is well put, there's a big sign outside and it's in all the major commercial systems (costar, CRExi, CREMLS, etc.) then other things the brokers can be doing are: contact other brokers in the area to see if they have a client that needs it, identify client class (e.g. national franchises) and reach out to them. 

The national auto loan debt total is over $1.5 Trillion.