I doubt he wants 16 calls to his boss from concerned citizens.

I do appreciate the earned income exclusion, but it still rubs me around tax time when all my British, Canadian, and Australian friends give me a hard time about how they pay no tax at all and only the US and Libya (slight exaggeration, but only slight) tax their citizens who live and work fulltime outside the US.

I’ve a lurker on and off for years, but I feel it’s now time to introduce myself to the Real-Estate Investment community.A couple years ago during my senior year at the University of Texas, my mom gave me a book titled “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.”

Keep your exit plan in mind when you pull this together.Next, you want to work with a list broker who has suggestions to help you find the people who own the houses you want to buy - and are likely to want to sell.The mailing list might include owners with Financial Instability, Recently Divorced, Seniors Ready for Downsizing or Absentee Homeowners.

My best advice is to interview with several brokerages in your area, get a feel for what suits your needs and then try to join a team where a senior agent will allow you to train under them and give you leads, training, and allow you to free up their time for more income generating items.  90% of what Realtors do is clerical or time consuming like inputting data, sitting Open Houses, and keeping up with paperwork.

i agree with @matthew paul, there is no way to predict any of this, and one of the worst regrets suffered is that of lost opportunities, you can hear it if you talk to any senior citizen about investments, rarely do they tell you about their victories, most of the time they will tell you about the one that got away, and so it is with life.

I am a Canadian/American dual citizen. 

I'm a Senior financial and reporting analyst.I've recently started exploring and planning to start (REI), concentrating in particular on homes Georgia.

(post cards or letters)Some good lists to target are Seniors with Long-time Ownership and Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores.

So I am looking to purchase a 4-property portfolio of seniors only manufactured home parks.