@Brian Pulaski I also heard through the grape vines, their is alot of foreign money going in orange county.

As a foreigner, your clients will have no credit history in the US.

@Simen Gundersen  Yes there are plenty of lenders offering loans for foreign nationals with sizeable down payments.  

I'd still have to register that entity as a "foreign entity" so CA can still get its $800.

I just finished reading about the tax deductions for rentals, and noticed it mentioned deducting long distance travel (air fare).  Would that include air fare for someone coming from another country to check up on the...

Commentary: The guy in charge has enabled 49 foreign nationals as owners of US property.

Hi,Don't know if this should be put in the foreigner's forum or here but here goes...As a foreigner, I figure that trying to take a loan from a bank to invest in the USA is very tough, especially since I'm trying to do buy and holds.

That said - and without having done a lot of research - it seems like Cape Town could be a good area to invest so long as the laws are favorable (I think they are to foreigners owning property) and if the price/rents ratios are acceptable.

How do you like working with foreign investors?

US companies, foreign companies?