Lots of Hedge funds and internationals have bought up a lot of Texas properties.  

Run all your business through them, bring the people who are buying your rehabs to them so that they can get their mortgages through them.Once you establish that you're here to stay, you do good work, and generate business and revenue, it will be a lot easier to work your way into a credit line.

You need an accountant who is versed in international tax.

Yep, gotta love leverage and CAP rates :-)Consider something as small as laundry, while many can't get out of their iron clad service contract, if you have the ability it could be worth it to buy your own machines.By replacing a contract on one of my properties I realized a 50% ROI on the purchase of the equipment due the increase in income because there was no longer a revenue split for me and the NOI bump was $150,000 on a ~$16,000 purchase.  

Too many new investors either spend their money too fast or overdevelop; this disables them from creating a revenue stream that gets them on the path to their long-term goals.  

Possibly intern/ mentee.I'm doing many projects-- fixing up some buy and holds, currently purchasing a multi unit property and seeking rehabs to flip.  

That way you can make sure it meshes with your internal system before the headaches start.  

All of this all happened over the summer of 2015.After listening to the BP podcast with Grant Cardone (6 times) I have been obsessed with increasing revenue.

My vision is International,  so I am excited at the knowledge I will gain and so looking forward to the real life experiences of Profiting from Real Estate Investing.

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