In the rest of the country you may say that's insane.

Yes, cool to see another from the nordic countries here.

I am planning on leaving the country sometime next year so I wouldn't qualify for a FHA loan since you have to live in the building for a certain number of years and I couldn't fill that requirement at this time.

I'm mostly familiar with duplexes in Victoria BC Canada where the numbers are more like $300K and $1500 which is why after 20 years I'm selling and wondering whether my only option is to invest in another province or even country to get back to the great numbers I had years ago.

He has a solid raport with realtors in his portfolio areas, which included large metropolitan cities across the country.

However, with the way things are going in this country I'm doubting it will.

I run several ecommerce businesses and live in Switzerland (among other places), staying out of US more than 330 days a year for foreign income exclusion.What are recommendations going forward with real estate investment as someone outside country?

Your property taxes are set by the government, so there's no "reasonable" amount of them that will cause you to break even.I do know, however, that New Jersey homeowners pay some of the highest, if not the highest, property tax rates in the country.

I'm very impressed and now very intrigued to run the numbers in other areas of the country.

Where $100,000 homes might rent for $1,000 per month in some parts of the country, $1,000,000 properties do not rent for $10,000 per month.