To me that is how the average person in the USA can get pretty wealthy. 

I need to pull out about 100K from my personal residence for a project.

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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.

Hi Christina, I've personally found Columbus Ohio to be an incredibly promising market, especially for fix and flip investments.

I’m new to Birmingham and was wondering if anyone has good information/recommendations for areas that are experiencing growth and becoming more pedestrian friendly.

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

Personally, I like to run every deal through an easy back-of-the-napkin test before even pulling up an actual underwriting model. 

As a lender - 1) investors that are just starting out normally float towards high leverage/high rates lenders (lower margins and more risk); experienced investors normally go with lenders that can close fast, reliably, and with low fees.