Step 1Decide what asset class you want to buy ( retail, multifamily, office, industrial,hotel, self storage,etc.)Step 2 Decide what size of property and price point you will be purchasing 1,5,10 million etc.

You basically upload a PDF of the documents you want to record and when it is recorded you get a heads up email and can download the recorded/stamped filings for storage.

Offer pending now on a 2fam short sale next to great NYC public transit...with very good numbers...actively used underground oil tank...needs updates.

Not a huge shark tank like Houston, where I've also lived.

If you're basing it on the dollar (and therefore current exchange rate), look at the average exchange rate over the last year, and assume the currency will drop some more compared to the last six months.Last thing you want to do is buy it when the currency is what you think is at a low point, and the exchange rate tanks more.One thing to remember about Colombia is the income tax is much higher as well.

One of my best clients for my oil tank sweep business buys around 150 homes a year in the south ward, all extremely distressed, you see some crazy stuff. 

A UPS could be included in the box.Now onto the larger problem, storage and access. 

Disaster struck at one of my brother's rentals and looking to see if anyone has advice, recommendations, and/or referrals...At his property in Seaford, DE the "field failed" on the septic system and the leaching field is back filling the tank which then is flooding out the house.

Check out whether utilities are separated or not, and maybe sweep for an oil tank depending on where the property is located, and ask for vacancy rates for past 5 years.

2 months ago I bought what seemed like a legal 3-family, is registered with the assessor's office as a 3-family, yet now the fire marshal declared 1 unit inhabitable and the city planning and permits office saying the 3rd floor isn't a legal apartment it's "half-storage" whatever that means..Meanwhile the tenant was immediately evacuated to emergency housing (hotel) which the city made clear I will be billed for