I highly recommend that you buy a property live in it for at least two years and then sell it or convert it to a rental.The Internal Revenue Code Section 121 offers an exclusion for the first 250k or 500k if Married filing joint.That is how I sold my first Long term "flip".

Fear, masked as doubt or perfectionism, only serves to be part of your own internal "sales prevention department."

I'm a licensed agent with a focus on the Tampa market with an international background in commercial & residential investing, property management, residential construction and project management.

I have not done it internationally, but I have purchased, managed, BRRRR'd, and flipped multiple properties out-of-state successfully while active duty military (I've been in the Navy for a little over 14 years now).I recommend starting with David Greene's book "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing".

-Since it is a US territory, it isn't considered international investing and most US banks can finance thereSome of the downsides:-Recently declared bankruptcy-Infrastructure is still developing. 

Things to look for in a company: How long have they been in business, what are their internal processes, what markets are they in, how many investors do they currently serve, etc.

What you are looking for is IROI- internal rate of return.

Rent out a room, host an international exchange student, etc

It allows you to do a first-pass analysis without having to dig in too far to the details.But, for a single unit rental property, digging into the details isn't too difficult, so you can generally just pass right by the cap rate analysis and do more specific ROI type calculations, like cash-on-cash (COC) return and internal rate of return (IRR).

I received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance from the University of Florida, graduated summa cum laude from Florida International University with a Masters in International Real Estate and founded Politan Real Estate in the early 2010's based on over a decade of real estate experience — with a focus on commercial real estate since 2011.Passion is what separates the artist from the worker and the day you start being passionate about your work is the day you stop going to work for someone else or a pay check....You go to work to create your art!