All foreigners I've worked with have had higher downpayment requirements, higher interest rates and are huge pain in the butt to underwrite. 

. , i just saw a post from a structural engineer from KC... sounds like a pain to maintain if this is going to be a rental."

A block away from Clifton Park.

Indianapolis cap rates vary block by block, even if you're on the same street.

I would need to get past the mental block of the entire concept of note investing being similar to the tranches that played such a big part of the 2008 crash. 

This notion of "saving money by doing it yourself" is nothing but fear- and scarcity-based thinking.Either this is a business or it's a hobby: If it's a business, let the professionals do what they do so you can focus on finding and executing profitable real estate transactions.Benefit from my pain: It took me nearly two decades to learn this particular lesson!

Baltimore is really a block by block city and I wouldn't necessary focus on a specific zip code.

windows blocked? 

It's been a bit painful for us because we're not at the point where we can hire someone on as full time and have a lot of work for someone to do.

I'm a poor boy from PA, in the information-gathering stage.