Just seems to me to be an in ordinary amount of risk for those in the space.. why do they need this ???

You do need to classify any income you receive that you want to contribute to the 401K as ordinary income.

As another example, some rural Americans similarly lament some social changes in our country and also want to keep living their lives as they have and similarly resist adjusting.

@Peter Davis American Integrity has been the one that has been working out for me recently, good luck!

That is the big picture, but for foreign investors there are details that the Americans just have no clue about.  

For example, during a seminar organized by American Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong two weeks, we put together 4 guest speakers to talk about overseas real estate investing.

I want to be the business man not the sterotypical young african American thug .

Or it sits vacant for a long time because it's in a sketchy neighborhood and applicants won't bite.I know some people that are doing well in that market, but I think you have to study the market harder than you would an ordinary market to make it work.

When they move out, the deposit may be used to cover the cost of cleaning, repairs for damages above and beyond ordinary wear-and-tear, or for unpaid charges.

After researching the appraisal company "Associates Appraisal Inc" I found similar reviews of their homes being devalued by $100,000, The Appraiser showing up without a mask, and similar situations of the appraiser intentionally picking unfavorable comps.After bringing it to the lenders attention that the appraiser red lined my appraisal and without saying that I'm African American but that my homes are located in a predominately African American neighborhood that he shouldn't assume that my houses marketability is only to African Americans and his sales comps directly insinuate that people who are shopping for homes on the left side of one street have no interest on homes on the right side of the street.