Hey everyone, My business partner and I are currently contemplating the United States for real estate investing (we’re both foreigners), thus far we have been talking about the plan and how to execute it, but we're stuck on one very important thing, location.

Any advice from someone who has executed this would be appreciated. 

I'm a designer/photographer/videographer by trade, so this is a relatively "simple" task for me to do on my own.

I would never run over and unlock the house for them.It is always a trade off when you have a needy tenant but one who is renting a lesser unit.

If you had the ability once graduating to make 100k to 200k a year starting out in your chosen profession that is different.A lot of people rack up student debt and then can't get a high paying job and are stuck being underwater on loans.I don't know if the area you are looking in that multifamily trades at 150,000. 2 doors would be 75k a door in price, 3 unit is 50k door, 4 unit is 37,500 a door.

Maybe trade work is significantly more expensive in Ohio than in Tennessee but I had a 1500 square foot property painted a few months ago and it cost less than $1000 including paint.  

If that option is a no go then could we have our buyer pay our assignment fee in a separate escrow to be executed upon completion of the closing so that it won't show up on the final settlement form?

I'm currently with Realty Executives Associates, where I help manage a portfolio of rentals.  

On stocks you are trading paper, sure the company you are investing in has assets and some intrinsic value, but unless you own the preferred stock you could find yourself losing 100% of your investment during a crisis.

@Larry Fried Thank you.Its $75 monthly and includes the following terms:1.For each time a unit is leased (on a 12 month lease) REALTOR© shall receive $750 of the first full month’s rent.2.For each additional 12 month extension REALTOR© shall receive $99 upon an executed lease extension.3.Initial Start-Up or Initiation Fee- Upon execution of the contract Owner shall pay REALTOR© a fee of $99 to begin the relationship: This fee is a non-refundable fee.4.