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I have recently found some of my investor clients  solid investment properties in Reading.

First step is figuring if the investment will go under personal name or a US entity, second is to open a US bank account, then you are set.

I’d definitely offer with an inspection contingency.ARV on a good quality rehab is 175k+, with some really solid comps to back that up. 

Lower of cost or market for determining the basis is also the correct way to treat a personal use asset being placed into service for business purposes.

If you are looking to have a solid investment property that is paid with OPM and makes a little bit of cashflow that you can sell later in life for a major windfall - probably not that crazy.

Depending on what your call list consists of you'll have a harder time finding info on the person.

I’m helping her out because she lives out of state and obviously can’t open in person an escrow account.

I have a solid Chicago based broker I can refer you to.

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