BoA sets minimum loan for foreigners @ 300k

Live in a foreign country for a year - buy a place to live in/fix up for 6 months to a year then hold as a rental or sell?  

Trying to invest in countries where you are not a citizen brings challenges of difficulties in getting financing, having to engage with the tax laws of that country and the fact that, explicitly or not explicitly, most countries have some or other "penalty" for foreigners trying to invest in real estate.

Furthermore, they never mentioned the difficulty it is for a foreigner to get bank financing on deals or any of the other complexities, but they also don't have any of the creative things you can do to jump into real estate investing too!

@Jacob Hammes I found that the vast majority of potential foreign investors (non U.S. citizens) back out or do not seriously consider investing in the U.S. if they have below a certain $ amount to invest...That said, I live in the U.S. and obviously do not have the potential regulatory burden.

More options too for entry and exit.Ballpark pricing in areas foreign to me (especially given my market and its pricing) just means I'd end up with my foot in my mouth.

Example:  Foreign Investors, or Multi Family California, you get the idea? 

Perhaps the concept of wholesaling is foreign to her and you simply need to get her comfortable with the process.

Do not worry if it all seems foreign to you at first. 

Each state would have build its own military, its own currency, its own FBI, CIA, white house staff..redundancy and waste!