I'm an American living in Yokohama, and have been investing in RE in the US for several years.

Owner financing your paying ordinary income in the interest payments and there is always risk of default.

This will translate into North American companies upping their drilling and production activy in Texas, Alaska, and Montana, just to name a few.

Do you guys have any other lease suggestions, or anything out of the ordinary that you’d recommend be included?

Evidence of that growth abounds:Self-storage occupancy rates and rental rates in a number of U.S. markets reached record highs.Demand for self-storage keeps going up thanks to an array of trends, including the overall downsizing of baby boomers’ households, the general preference among millennials for renting apartments versus owning homes and the sustained mobility of American workers.Over time, self-storage has demonstrated that it’s a recession-resistant sector.In short, self-storage furnishes a wealth of reasons why acquiring an existing facility or building a new facility can open the roll-up door to attractive investment gains.Good luck!

Good paint in a rental should last 7-10 years.Regardless of paint life, if the paint was in really good condition when they moved in, then it should be in really good condition when they move out, minus ordinary wear-and-tear.

For my family zero has changed.overall, it seems Americans are becoming more mobile.

State Farm, Farmers, and American National all have great products but they aren't always going to be the "cheapest"  you have to do the work to shop around or work with an agent that will do the "shopping around" for you.  

For an ordinary single-level home, I expect Tenants to clean their gutters.

How to contact me for ordinary questions, concerns, maintenance.4.