They have been in business since the 1970s, have a good reputation, have never had any IRS issues, have over 50,000 accounts and have fair fees.

(For the first year after you buy it, make sure "fair rental days" on Schedule E is an accurate number.

Nuclear war could also hamper your rental efforts.You bring up a fair macro concern, but the old adage applies -- diversify.

I have over the past two years accumulated a fair amount of dollars that I have kept here in the States.

Im am sure that there are 1000 ways to skin thIs cat but I just am not sure where to start.

It was just not in their wheelhouse and you can tell fairly quickly if they are showing you MLS listings at retail pricing.  

My husband also has a friend who works for Real Estate Reformation, another fairly non-standard brokerage, although I don't know a lot about it.  

I just know once I can get a little skin in the game and some experience gained it will start to work more in my favor.

@James WiseTo be fair, they did make it a requirement for me to enroll in the courses to get my license and I'm still working towards it today, but after that they allowed me to do commission.

It has a fairly recently redone roof as well.