Large multi-family apartment investing can be an attractive area option especially for folks that want to invest w/experts that do value add investing for a living and you can help fund the acquisition and share in the profits.

I have been exploring this topic and running numbers for quite some time and I agree with most other posters - a tankless system almost never makes sense for a rental.  

I'm looking at Multi Units all over the bay area, but visited 2 in Oakland this weekend.

Any active multi family investors in the greater metro area?

I have been investing out of state for almost a decade now and feel as though the most important advice I can give you is to have a good team and system in place.  

It's possible that the tax bill will end up being a wash if you can count taxes paid abroad against your US tax bill, but I'd suggest finding a CPA with plenty of experience with the Chinese system and how it intersects with IRS regs. 

The air conditioning I had checked out by an HVAC company that fixed the obvious problems, as it was a cheap system that wasn't installed properly.One and a half handy people is not as fast as the professionals, so I missed the main window of opportunity for the target renter, students.

Without being able to answer these questions, no broker is going to give you the time of day.If you don't know yet, get on loopnet, start looking at Nashville multi familly real estate and educate yourself until you are able to define the above and work with a broker.Good luck!

Figure 25% down (on small multi), closing costs, and setting aside reserves.  

Hello BP community new investor who is interested in finding a multi family in Easton if you are an investor friendly real estate agent or investors I am interested in speaking with you in terms of your experience and knowledge of this area and any advice in investing in Easton in terms of area, type of multi families, great community banks or credit to get financing etc.