A high percent of what people teach would work in a perfect world, but we don't live in a perfect world.Most real estate books are a pure waste of time.

We ended up closing, but it cost me over $1000 extra to have the attorney get involved to let the world know that we were prepared for a fight. 

Capex analysis on SFR properties is not standard in the PMC world.

These properties have strengths of being very low mortgage cost, room to grow rents over time (they are almost 2% rule), and in a affordable rental class that seems to have a major shortage in today’s world.

Since then, prices sky rocketed in 2020 during covid (go figure, the world on lockdown so prices skyrocket). this year, I pared back and sold 2 properties.By the numbers, I was a fool to stop buying in 2018, but noone predicted the 2020 market. also, rent prices have drastically increased in the last 12 months.

Competence If I'm a buyer who is investing, I want an agent who knows that world in and out.

Close proximity works on paper for  comps but in the real world even a 1 mile radius might include having to cross a major highway to get to the beach and different zoning that doesn’t allow nightly rentals which impacts the value so much that it might as well be in another state. 

@John MatarazzoAs a US citizen, you are required to report world-wide income.Rental income is not 'earned income' per FEIE purposes.Yes, you are required to file a tax return and report the rental income.You may be eligible for some credits for taxes paid to a foreign country.Read the tax treaty between the US and the other country taxing you.

Only if world would function like this.

The rest of the world calls them short-term rentals (STRs)… ya know, like the title of this forum?