The rental property earned about the same amount and had similar expenses over those two years.Form 104PN has always been filed for non-resident.I’m curious if this is just how the tax laws are.I’ve done some research and found a few things on potential tax credits in CA if tax was paid in another state and maybe even processing state returns in a different order in certain tax software.Does anyone have experience with this?

If you are looking for a more appreciation play building on the baxter side would be substantially more desirable. 

@Michael Beauvais Congrats on moving on your desire to start investing in real estate!

Generally I would shy away from it, but living in Manhattan, I can definitely understand the desire to buy somewhere where casfhlow is at least possible.

I’ve come to realize I was a little too nice… the lady on the other side of the construction doesn’t even mention it, her idea is once they’re there she’s earned their money and they can deal with it.

The people being priced out of Phoenix will have to do the same thing and Move to a cheaper, less desirable market.

Have a list a questions like who is the rental for , number of people, number of animals , number of cars, desired occupancy date etc. 

It's a business and they'll lend to you because... well they earn the interest and recover their initial investment.

Hence, I pay taxes in the U.S. claiming the Foreign Earned Income Exemption (Form 2555)I have a client in the U.S. that pays me for my services (provided from Chile) to its business in NY (mostly compliance services -and some general legal orientation since I am an admitted attorney in NY).

Its comical at this point.  100% of nothing is nothing, and that's what you'll earn if you don't learn.I encourage you to interview several of the top brokerages in your area to get a better understanding of what they'll bring to the table as the tri-state area begins to get back to normal.