@Isaiah KlavitterIf you are a US Citizen - remember that you are required to report whenever you have more than $10,000 in a foreign account(including accounts in Spain).You will be required to file a US tax return in addition to a nonresident CA and TN return.Tennessee is lucky in that they only have a tax on interest & dividends.

i.e. we move forward with my wife being a share holder (house in collateral)  and then I offer my house as collateral to separate lender (relative) in exchange for loan.

I met him at an open house and exchanged some emails with him and he asked that I give him a call.

I've been reading up on RE investing over the past few weeks (beginner here) and noticed that there are references to certain financial tools (FHA loans, 1031 exchange, etc...) that are available in the US context, but not in the Canadian context.

Being a stock market investor, I would think it might be possible to prudently hedge oil a bit, even partially, by either buying options or investing in an oil ETF (exchange traded fund).

What conditions are normal, when it comes to privat lenders to foreigners?

It's good to see you on the BP site.There are so many professionals with great advice and contacts for networking.I read a few of your bulletins on another real estate forum and we exchanged comments.

Can someone tell me some websites that would be good for link exchange?

Is there a time limit on how long I must have owned a property, before I can sell it and 1031 exchange the proceeds into something bigger?

You can pull the same amount of cash out for the value of the asset contributed as an exchange of assets without treating it as income.