Hair dryer (due to electrical requirements if traveling overseas, so this would apply if you attract international guests)4.

I also had a hard time transferring money internationally, so kept most of it in Canada, and saved up for a downpayment while working full time here.

After coordinating internally, the reason we could not finance the portfolio purchase, you are referring to, is due to the borrower being a first time homebuyer.

Everyone gets something different from a particular course or internet information source; we all internalize differently.Another thing I hear folks tell newbies is to offer to take an experienced investor to lunch or coffee.  

Hill, “Wealth Protection Diva”Sage International, Inc. 

I had someone go up there and take a look today (I'm international for right now, but will be back to see in-person in April before making a move, if any).

At that's the approach I took with respect to my home country of Canada when I started to invest internationally.

Are there any international hard money lenders?

"evaluating if syndications are right for you" implies more internal questions: am I willing to give up complete control?  

And that's why the low risk markets have sufficiently higher IRRs, internal rate of return.