I figured 6 month of just pure learning and 6 months to make a good investment decision.

We use both personal properties and pure rentals.Don't forget to check out the blogs and podcasts.

if they're not buildable, it's a pure liability.

They have no tax reporting requirements in the US.If you are a purely US company, with no holdings or presence in the UK, you have no reporting requirements to the British Inland Revenue Service either.I have not researched it myself, but my British friend tells me that interest earned by a UK citizen, living in the UK, but from a foreign source is not taxable in the UK, so you are not technically required to report the amount of interest paid, even to the investor, although I would think you would want to do so as a courtesy.

I buy an MFR for 500k (purely as investment, no interest in living in it), and things go smoothly with renting it out and soon enough I'm making a little bit of money on the property.5 years down the line, I get married, have to move to Boston for work (or some other city far away), and I'm ready to buy my first real Residential home to live in.

Purely anecdotal but I think the number of section 8 applicants I got increased after posting there (I did get a few before that as well, so it might just be coincidence).

I feel I could create a couple of posts purely from this one deal, but overall, I do feel as though we are having to yank the disclosure information from the seller and their agent.

If you can make, say, 10% annual return average on each new buy and hold, and it costs 5% to borrow the money, the only thing that makes sense from a purely financial point of view is to buy, rinse, repeat.

Please don't suggest owner-occupier rates/terms, if you're a pure investor!

Keep in mind this market is pure speculation, you wont find anything that is close to cashflowing down there so people buying units as rentals will crash and burn if appreciation doesnt save their asses.