If your electric utility or state has "foreign load" rules, not having a house meter could get you into trouble.Then you might want to separate water.

Bill,The 19.6% credit in the French lease-back is a refund of the VAT to a foreign investor.

When your LLC is in one state, say Iowa and you plan to do a deal in another state, say Texas; you will need to sign up through the new states Secretary of State as a "Foreign Corporation". 

I don't know if there is much I can do before signing up for an LLC with the help of a foreign attorney due being a foreign citizen. plus opening up a US Bank account with the help of an agency.

As a foreigner I am not sure what do to and what the best way is.

If you think that real estate is “overheated” just look at the last 12 months of the stock market, crypto currencies, etc.

My name is Brandon Pace and my wife and I travel the world in the Foreign Service moving from country to country every couple of years with our 3 kids. 

Well, I've been reading up about it for the past year or so, so I think it's more accurate to say i'm eagerly tiptoeing into this realm.My family and I spent almost a decade saving our foreign-earned income and are ready to branch out from just index fund investing (which I admittedly enjoy).

You would also need to register your California LLC as a foreign entity in Ohio so getting an Ohio based LLC is the simpler and cheaper route.

Thats beacause you are going against foreign investors,who have cash and are not wasting time with inspection, purchasing in Asis condition close in 2 to 3 days ..