Because eager China and hungry India are not just catching up, they're kicking our complacent American/European butts.Yes, you will need a WiFi set up to control your lock at your location and a (cheap) subscription to control the locks remotely, but you don't have to.I wish I could help you out more and do some business with all you passionate travelers and hosts, but I am a distributor for European countries at the time, not the USA.

Buying lots and constructing houses on them would generally be ordinary income subject to SE taxes and not capital gains.Capital gains treatment would be the anomaly and exception.

Hi, I have been using a service called American Tracers.  

For couches, we usually find the best deals at American Furniture Warehouse in Denver (Mora, I'm not sure if there is a similar store in Boston, but it's a warehouse store that has cheaper options than other name brand furniture stores in town).

If you don't, you may qualify for EB5 pathway using ½ million dollars to invest in a US based company generating 10 American jobs or more.You should talk to an immigration lawyer before anything else.Do not come in a tourist visa if you plan on staying.And it will take at least 2-3 years to build credit.

Tax deductions must be ordinary and necessary in the course of business.

And not just any city but a city known to be the city where investors get the biggest bang for their buck and the American dollar gets stretched the furthest.

@NIc Green is also correct, if you add her as an authorized user on your oldest credit card accounts, it will definitely help but make sure that the credit card company will report the date opened as your original opening date and not the day you put her on the card because I know American Express does not back-date AU's anymore, I learned that the hard way. 

Hi Fernando.I'm an Iranian-American raised in LA for 25yrs.

@Chris Kendrick when you buy a house and sell it within one year you are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate which is usually the highest rate depending how much you make.