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24 April 2016 | 3 replies
My question is ; since I'm a foreign investor I have arranged to buy this property through an international property consultant based in UK.
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8 March 2016 | 5 replies
@Houtan Moravej You will have a very hard time finding conventional or portfolio lending for 20-25% down for foreign nationals.
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8 August 2017 | 15 replies
I have plenty of out of state and a few out of the country clients who excelled at buying in foreign markets because they can get better returns.
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23 June 2017 | 7 replies
Obviously your FICO and experience will assist in dictating your rates and terms, but you are likely to see around 65-75% MAX LTV on a cash-out for a 1-4 unit, Foreign nationals can expect to see a 5% reduction in LTV.Hope this helps!
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2 June 2017 | 0 replies
*given our lending rate and the NOI (Net Operating Income) we were getting, 60% down was the minimum needed to achieve the debt-to-coverage ratio required by the lenders we’ve been talking to (we are foreign nationals, so options are limited and rates start at 6%).
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14 June 2017 | 10 replies
Foreign investors & speculators have driven up prices in Miami/Ft.
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2 September 2018 | 17 replies
The risk in this instance is that you will not receive full credit for U.S.A. taxes paid when repatriating income from your LLC because Revenue Canada considers it to be a foreign dividend rather than income taxed in your hands.Meanwhile the IRS taxes your LLC as a corporation or a flow-through entity depending on the election made.
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2 June 2017 | 11 replies
For us and most alternative lenders, when it comes to foreign investors, we can finance your deals but it's usually at a lower LTV than normal.
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9 February 2017 | 4 replies
The reason it raises a red flag when you say "Real Estate Investor" is because FinCEN released a geographical AML alert due to foreign nationals using real estate to launder money through investing.