I have been scouring the forums and listening to podcast with all my free time.I live in Scottsdale which is a tough and expensive market to get into to.

Banks seem to count 75% of rental income AFTER expenses right?

If its a multi, banks will include a percentage of rental income to offset some of the expense.  

simple cash flow properties that will provide some level of profit after all expenses are considered

The new home should be much larger/nicer/newer/more expensive and/or closer to your work.

I'm currently working on a wholesale in Dallas on an expensive property.

Know to the question, is the liner something that I can expense or does it have to be depreciated?

Service master will be expensive .  

But don't forget that you have expenses like maintenance, taxes, insurance, heat, hot water, electricity, management, etc. 

Hi all and thanks for responding@Chris TanYour suggestions about finding someone in Israel are great, and that is on of my missionsActually I just came back from a friend of mine - American, and he gave me some phone numbers and other contact information of people here that invest in the US, and people in the US that invest in real estate, so it is a good startUntil now I was actually gave up on this idea, and start looking for investment here in my country, although it is expensive (and yes..our low priced areas more expensive than bigger houses in the US) for two reasons:1.