Wife and I just moved to the Watertown area (Fort Drum) and I would love to buy someone a meal to help me learn the area, if anyone is still here please hit me up!

Do you know of any personally that do that ?

I'm interested in learning more about the dis/advantages between buying it as a foreigner and buying it directly as someone who earns a US income.

Generally, I'd disagree with your desire to pay off your personal property first and save up an emergency fund.

Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

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Usually you can avoid personal guarantees by having your IRAs membership interest at 19% or less in that LLC.

@Chetan MalikIf you're going to syndicate, you really need to learn it.

This is basically how mobile home parks usually work where the person owns the mobile home and rents the spot.

You're in the right place to learn about real estate investing.