Unlike the international buyer push of years past, many buyers today are local or coming from areas like New York and Florida.

No one cares about your deal like you do so a lot of times it ends up being more productive to handle borrower outreach internally.

You can borrow the funds from banks and they all have different parameters for international investors.

She'd answered an ad I had on a bulletin board for international students. 5 years later and she's still living here and still a student?

Have you looked into getting it refinanced through an internal bank loan?

In order to be exempt from withholding, the property must be the principal residence of the seller or transferor for purposes of the income exclusion under the Internal Revenue Code.

Before I start this process, I am making sure I do plenty of internal research.I am hoping this community can provide some helpful information on how to go about this process, and some valuable lessons they have learned on the way!

Or am I still young enough to keep saving money, and purchase my first rental property when I retire from international baseball in 1-2yrs and get a full time job?

There is a nasty rule in the IRC (Internal Revenue Code) that says you must recapture all the depreciation that was allowed, or WOULD HAVE been allowed.

Could use a home builder supervisor in Houston...Anyways, I'd say find work with someone, even as an intern...