This will decrease the overall amount fees.There are several fees for setting up an LLC.1) LLC Application Fees2) LLC Annual Fees(Varies by state)3) Fees paid to website/Attorney to set up LLC4) Fees paid to registered agent if you do not have a contact in the state.ExampleIf you purchased a property in Pennsylvania and created an LLC in Pennsylvania - you would have to pay the above 4 fees.Example 2If you purchased a property in Pennsylvania and created an LLC in New Jersey - you would have to pay the above 4 fees to Pennsylvania and fees 1-3 to New Jersey since you would need to register the NJ LLC as a foreign LLC eligible to do business in NJ.

If you have a Delaware LLC and do business in Illinois you must file in Illinois as a foreign entity and that pretty much wipes out why you went to Delaware in the first place.

I'e heard from lots of expats...foreigners can't own property in Thailand.

The parts for American cars tend to run pretty cheap, thus repairs tend to be on the cheaper side as compared to foreign cars.

A lot of foreign investors are coming in and paying cash, also driving down yields.

I'm not foreign to people telling me "I can't."

If you're going that big for a relative, you should throw in an antique foreign coin about the size of a quarter. 

I don't want to swing a hammer or plunge a toilet and the whole idea of collecting rent  or taking folks to court when I could be putting a loan together for an investor, closing and getting paid is completely foreign to me.Read "Strength's Finder" by the Gallup organization and it may give you direction of where your strength's lie.Best of luckStephanie

A combination of foreign cash investors and the growth of things like biggerpockets have increased the demand artificially.

Could be money from a foreign country that they just want parked in a more stable asset.