I have been reading up for quite some time and to me, it seems as if partnering up with a US-based investor is the easiest way to get started especially considering having no credit score and the difficulty in finding reliable property managers to sleep sound at night.Would love to hear some experiences from OOC investors who went either way.I have been checking out Kris Krohn who offers an interesting investment opportunity or so it seems.

Most cities/towns are going to have a lot of difficulty with this issue if they don't approach it from a fact & rationale approach when it comes to licensing and permitting; they'd be on safer ground banning it altogether as commercial activity in residential zoning. 

I have many of the fears you listed (young age, lack of experience, difficulty securing financing, etc), and hearing this story is really reassuring to me that it can indeed be done.

 Remedies to remove squatters are numerous and vary from state to state; however, with a bit of craftiness on the part of the property owner, the squatter can be removed without too much difficulty.

Most squatters have no clue about "squatter's rights" beyond the difficulty in getting them out.  

If you are new to the business and/or building up your credit and you have difficulty securing well priced financing, it's probably best to partner with someone who can help with the financing.

The partnership, corporation or multi-member limited liability company can certainly sell relinquished property held in the entity’s name and then purchase like-kind replacement property to be held by the same entity and still qualify for 1031 Exchange treatment.The difficulties arise when some of the underlying shareholders, partners or members of the multi-member entity wish to go separate ways and attempt to exchange their interests in that entity as part of a 1031 Exchange.

Texas also has notoriously high property taxes which are marked to market every year, which again makes good returns difficult. I

We are also an out of state investor and we are having difficulty getting a response from Ethosity!   

As to the buyers potential difficulties, he’s in situation where the loan can be called at any time, leaving him scrambling to find refinancing that if available may be at a much higher interest rate.There are a number of legal modifications that buyer and seller can agree to that somewhat mitigate these problems.