It was challenging to find an institution to finance a property out of the US.

I'm hoping to get my banking into an institution that is local that has someone that is tenured with that bank that I can build a relationship with that can get to know my long term goals and help support them. 

If you don’t have 20%, can you borrow from private lending institutions?

The only state I have also seen institute a need for a license is Illinois and then in Philadelphia county. 

Is a lender required to 1098 a borrower, of can the borrower 1099 the lender for the interest paid if an individual rather than a lending institution.

I lived down there for a couple years...got my culinary arts degree at Florida Culinary Institute (now called Lincoln or something like that) in '03.Originally posted by @Brian Garrett:Originally posted by @Brent Bialik:I'd LOVE to find some BRRR properties but, from what I've seen, they are EXTREMELY difficult to find them here.  

The general pattern is that 1) the state has an incentive to close beds at the state hospital in order to save money, 2) a new program (usually associated with a university) is written about in the research journals that purports to save money and have great outcomes for the clients 3) the state wants the local mental health agencies to start this program, but the state does not provide the budget to adequately staff and resource the program like the university did 4) the program is instituted with great fanfare and many promises. 

"Any applicant for licensure who has received a four year degree in real estate from an accredited institution of higher education is exempt from the Commission-prescribed prerequisite education to become initially licensed"(Section 475.17,F.S., and 61J2-3.008, F.A.C.)I can only speak for the time I was in RE school back in 2006.

This is why there usually will be quite a bit of foreign investment and institutional activity and some may be unfortunately crowded out of the market to more affordable areas.

At the moment he runs a non profit electrical institute where students are trained and need several hours on the job training.