Second, that's a very respectable goal, and my organization has multiple clients living abroad while investing in U.S. real estate.

My family owns multiple commercial properties in my home town and I've seen how it can provide financial freedom!

Having  multiple exit strategies (use/rent/flip) can help alleviate some risk, but you ALWAYS make your money when you buy.

That being said, I would be very surprised if the benefit structure and age requirements for both programs don't change multiple times over the next 40 years. 

I’ve purchased multiple properties on Auction.com and Hubzu.

He had offers on 6 different places, and every time there were multiple offers that all had escalation clauses.

They will take multiple LOI's and wait for the right tenant mix for the center and get landlord friendly leases signed.

Ideally you're hitting those areas with it when they are exposed (prior to covering or painting).Another thing you can do that will help while you're gone is to buy one of those ozone generators from amazon (under $100) and let that run overnight and ideally for multiple consecutive days when you're away.

Core Logic, Experian, LexisNexis and a few more niche players like them have already tried it and failed miserably.

The issue I seeing in College Station is all the Big Players see that as well.