which allowed foreigners to buy BUT ownership is limited to 50 years.

Get a degree that can actually land you a job if you need one.I also seriously suggest a foreign language.You don't need a degree to do real esate if your ultimate goal is to wear jeans with holes in the knees and hang out with small time contractors as you do small deals.That fix and flip stuff gets mighty old when you are old enough that your knees hurt and your back is screaming by the end of the day.If you expect to get up to bigger things and swim with the big fish in real estate, lacking education puts you at a real disadvantage.

While at the pool we noticed a lot more foreigners than years past.

If I recall correctly you are required to use a longer depreciation method (ADS depreciation) for foreign property.Hope this helps.

European investors have been buying American real estate because, with low prices plus the exchange rate, it has been double cheap for them..Probably the change in exchange rates isn't a big enough change to make them stop buying.I know that some of you are following both the stock market and foreign currency.

The proposal to place both mortgage giants, which own or back $5.3 trillion in mortgages, into a government-run conservatorship also grew out of deep concern among foreign investors that the companies' debt might not be repaid.

., owning property), or form it in a different state and register it in the state where you're doing business as a "foreign company".

Financing rentals in this country is next to impossible for foreigners.

Has anyone had experience marketing multi-family properties to foreign investors, esp.

Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of opportunity available.Welcome to Panama, where the cost of living is cheap, the economy is booming, and the government supports business and foreign investment.