The lender's and investor's reasoning is, "if this is how the largest mortgage buyers like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae do it, then it must be the right way to go."

Had it diligenced by two of the largest tree nut operators in CA and it passed with flying colors.

Theirs a distinction.

I went in not really knowing what I wanted from a platform but after a lot of research, the distinctions became clear.I considered MANY platforms and ultimately decided on RentRedi. 

After 32 years in lending with a formal commercial credit background with two of the largest banks in the world, I see so many people investing their life savings without doing the appropriate due diligence and it pains me.

One of the largest military bases are in Clarksville and it has one decent size university (Austen Peay).

The property type with the largest price gain was the Single-Family Homes segment, where prices increased 4.3 percent to $365,000.

I'm not familiar with the Lebanese tax system (unfortunately Lebanon is considered a enemy country where I live so no interaction with them at all:-( so I can't comment, but on the US side of things - The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion is (I believe) the largest tax advantage available to you as an expat.

And replace 3rd or 4th generation steel worker with a logger or fisherman and you have the same mentality.. although Portlandia has gone Tech Intel is the largest employer with almost 20k employees and it appears they are going to double down on their fab plants.. the last 10 years they build DX 1 2 3 to the tune of 10B they are going to build even bigger facilities in the next 10 years.. so there is a need for about 30k homes to be built. 

Lots of demand drivers in West Dallas.....one of the largest medical centers in the country is #1 transplant patients, long term medical care patients, residents, fellows, drs training in different disciplines like those at Scottish Rite......downtown Dallas #2....