My biggest concern in foreign countries is political stability.

@Jackson Burdett - Well, you've found the right source of information here on BP - and they have both an excellent Podcast and a recommended books page.

Do they have connections to off-market sources like wholesalers and REO brokers pre-listing? 

If you can find someone who is honestly selling the property themselves it may be a source, but I don't know if it is all trust worthy.

I'm not a big FB fan so I don't know about that.https://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/expat-taxes-explained-filing-taxes-as-american-living-australia/Is Foreign Income Taxed Within Australia?

Taontae,Best thing for you right now is to go through this site and watch all the videos you can to learn the different things you need to know, this will hopefully keep you from getting burned and losing money. perhaps purchase a few books, either from this site or from another source, on investing in real estate, learn the different ways you can proceed and figure the best path that you want to go. do you want to flip, buy and hold, student rentals, trailer homes, single family homes, duplexes, multifamily, Hard money lender, real estate notes, etc. there are many avenues you can invest in real estate.

@Michael Lyons Search the web using keywords foreign financing or loan or mortgage, outside, international, US loan for canadian or where you're from etc.

You'll need to find the money for improvements from another source but this would save you the extra expense of a 1031 and leave you with properties lined up to improve.

RE is our primary source of income.What is your feeling on the bar owner who was ordered to shut down? 

But I will say that when reviewing applications for new tenants, it's important to consider their sources of income and ability to pay rent during a recession.As far as renegotiating purchase contracts...I think it depends on the deal.